1st Blisworth Scout Group

Analysis

1st Blisworth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in December 1980, 46 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Blisworth Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £12k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Blisworth Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hogsthorpe Memorial Recreation and Playing Field (£12k), Bishop Perrin School Association (£12k) and Westerdale Village Hall (£12k).

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.