2nd Datchworth Scout Group

Analysis

2nd Datchworth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 2nd Datchworth Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,329 to £14k (+513%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Datchworth Scout Group sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Friends of St Osmunds (£14k), Riddlesden War Memorial Institute (£14k) and Gringley on the Hill Community Centre Management Committee (£14k).