1st Earls Barton Scout Group

Analysis

1st Earls Barton Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Earls Barton Scout Group reported income of £26k and spending of £23k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4,227 to £26k (+522%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Earls Barton Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Grange and Cartmel Scout Group (£26k), Slip End Playing Field (£26k) and Dunvant Unemployed and Social Centre (£26k).