1st Redbourn Scout Group

Analysis

1st Redbourn Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Redbourn Scout Group reported income of £24k and spending of £18k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £24k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 1st Redbourn 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 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Buckenham Village Hall (£24k), Rotary Club of the Nene Valley Trust Fund (£24k) and Stafford Samaritans (£24k).