18th Norwich (1st Hellesdon) Scout Group

Analysis

18th Norwich (1st Hellesdon) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 18th Norwich (1st Hellesdon) Scout Group reported income of £27k and spending of £33k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £27k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 18th Norwich (1st Hellesdon) Scout Group sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stoke Hammond Community Association (£27k), Barnsley Table Tennis Club (£27k) and Ride Bristol (£27k).

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.