8th Hayes Scout Group

Analysis

8th Hayes Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hayes. It was registered in June 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 8th Hayes Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £20k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £19k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 26%. 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, 8th Hayes Scout Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uley Playing Field (£19k), Whitestone Parish Hall Management Committee (£19k) and Burwash Playing Field Association (£19k).

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.