1st Hemel Hempstead Scout Group

Analysis

1st Hemel Hempstead Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, 1st Hemel Hempstead Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £27k to £13k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Hemel Hempstead Scout Group sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Werrington Joggers (£13k), Pollington Village Hall (£13k) and The Sandyacres Trust (£13k).

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.