1st Mattishall and District Scout Group

Analysis

1st Mattishall and District Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dereham. It was registered in July 1994, 32 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Mattishall and District Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £13k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Mattishall and District Scout Group sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall Welsh Newton (£13k), St John & St Francis Church School PTA (£13k) and 1st Woodville (St. Stephen's) Scout Group (£13k).

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.