1st Abbots Langley Third North Watford Scout Group

Analysis

1st Abbots Langley Third North Watford Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Abbots Langley Third North Watford Scout Group reported income of £34k and spending of £53k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £34k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 Abbots Langley Third North Watford Scout Group sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fenland Flyers (£34k), Youlgrave Village Hall (£34k) and North Wootton Village Hall (£34k).

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.