3rd Horsham Scout Group

Analysis

3rd Horsham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, 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, 3rd Horsham Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £16k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 3rd Horsham 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 159th Bristol Scout Group (£16k), Copsale Village Hall (£16k) and King George's Playing Field, Trull (£16k).

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.