Third New Forest North (Ashurst and Colbury) Scout Group

Analysis

Third New Forest North (Ashurst and Colbury) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Third New Forest North (Ashurst and Colbury) Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £14k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £18k to £11k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Third New Forest North (Ashurst and Colbury) Scout Group sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compassion2all (£11k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God River of Life (£11k) and The Southend Sikh Society (£11k).

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.