1st Hirst Scout Group

Analysis

1st Hirst Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in December 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, 1st Hirst Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £15k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £48k to £12k (-75%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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 Hirst Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redcar Literary Institute (£12k), Jubilee Sports and Recreation Field (£12k) and Caersws Village Hall (£12k).

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.