3rd St Albans Scout Group

Analysis

3rd St Albans Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 St Albans Scout Group reported income of £39k and spending of £42k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £43k to £39k (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 St Albans Scout Group sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silver Leys Trust (£39k), Tir-Y-Cwm Trust Limited (£39k) and The Wykeham Crown and Manor Trust (£39k).