1st Hurst Air Scout Group

Analysis

1st Hurst Air Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 1964, 62 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 2026, 1st Hurst Air Scout Group reported income of £18k and spending of £13k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £14k to £18k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Hurst Air Scout Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of All Saints Church Headley Trust (£18k), The Three Arch Bridge Community Hall (£18k) and 1st Pitsea and Vange Scout Group (£18k).