First Sleights Scout Group

Analysis

First Sleights Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitby. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, First Sleights Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4,689 to £11k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 193% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, First Sleights Scout Group sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethany Baptist Church, Cefn Fforest (£11k), The Friends of Stoke Gabriel Church (£11k) and Berakah Valley Centre (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.