5th Medway Scout Group

Analysis

5th Medway Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1990, 36 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 5th Medway Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £19k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £15k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 514%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 5th Medway Scout Group sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 306th Manchester Scout Group (£15k), Sutterton Village Hall (Management Committee) Trust (£15k) and The Dell Parent Teacher Association (£15k).

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.