6th Scunthorpe (Messingham) Scout Group

Analysis

6th Scunthorpe (Messingham) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gainsborough. It was registered in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 6th Scunthorpe (Messingham) Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £813 to £16k (+1916%), an average of +112% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 996%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 6th Scunthorpe (Messingham) Scout Group sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cor Cymysg Dyffryn Conwy (£16k), Siri Guru Singh Sabha Central Crawley (£16k) and Needham Village Hall (£16k).