1st Park Street Scout Group

Analysis

1st Park Street Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Park Street Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £16k (-7.7%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 Park Street Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chorley Bowmen (£16k), Swinton and District Playing Field Association (£16k) and Hamble United Football Club (£16k).