1st Lent Rise and Dorney Scout Group

Analysis

1st Lent Rise and Dorney Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Lent Rise and Dorney Scout Group reported income of £31k and spending of £33k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £31k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 131% 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 Lent Rise and Dorney Scout Group sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ymddiriedolaeth Cofio Robin Llyr Evans - Robin Llyr Evans Memorial Trust (£31k), 1st Lady Bay Scout Group (£31k) and Hinckley Unit 401 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£31k).

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.