29th/79th Coventry Scout Group

Analysis

29th/79th Coventry Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 29th/79th Coventry Scout Group reported income of £76k and spending of £90k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £76k (+237%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 425%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 29th/79th Coventry Scout Group sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lenham Community Centre (£76k), Harewood Village Hall (£76k) and 1st Leverstock Green Scout Group (£76k).