Pathfinder Scout Group

Analysis

Pathfinder Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horley. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pathfinder Scout Group reported income of £54k and spending of £76k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £49k to £54k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Pathfinder Scout Group sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Offenham Village Hall (£53k), Taunton Round Table Charitable Trust Fund (£54k) and Hatfield Broad Oak Parent Teacher Association (£53k).

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.