5th Harpenden Scout Group

Analysis

5th Harpenden Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 5th Harpenden Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,750 to £14k (+271%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 241%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 5th Harpenden 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 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heathfield and Waldron Millennium Green Trust (£14k), The Barton Village Hall Trust (£14k) and Satterthwaite Parish Room (£14k).

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.