2nd Newbury Scout Group

Analysis

2nd Newbury Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 2nd Newbury Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £17k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £13k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 2nd Newbury 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 Woolhope Parish Hall (£13k), Swallow and Cuxwold Village Hall Association (£13k) and Bedford Unit No 29 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£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.