5th Farnborough Scout Group

Analysis

5th Farnborough Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 5th Farnborough Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £25k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £17k to £22k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 5th Farnborough Scout Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farnborough Road Infant School Parent Teacher and Friends Association (£22k), Bishop Heber County High School Parent-Teacher Association (£22k) and 5th Sutton Scout Group (£22k).

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.