1st Sawbridgeworth Scout Group

Analysis

1st Sawbridgeworth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Sawbridgeworth Scout Group reported income of £36k and spending of £47k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £36k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Sawbridgeworth Scout Group sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Ponteland Scout Group (£36k), Greenwood County Primary School Fund (£36k) and Wickham Common Primary School PTA. (£36k).

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.