1st Nork Scout Group

Analysis

1st Nork Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Nork Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £20k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £15k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Nork Scout Group sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uplands School PTA (£15k), Friends of Stratford Sub Castle Primary School (£15k) and The Akeley Village Hall (£15k).

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.