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4th Lowestoft Boy Scout Group

RegisteredRegistered charity number 305665SuffolkAmateur sport and recreation
Income£52k2025-03-31
Spending£45ksame year
Spent / received84%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1966Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

4th Lowestoft Boy Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in December 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 4th Lowestoft Boy Scout Group reported income of £52k and spending of £45k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £52k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 4th Lowestoft Boy Scout Group sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holdsworth Club of the Students of the Faculty of Law in the University of Birmingham (£52k), Pudsey Juniors Football Club (£52k) and West Hill and District Community Association (£52k).

Income and spending

£0£13k£26k£39k£52k2021 Income: £23,8172021 Spending: £5,14320212022 Income: £26,9832022 Spending: £21,04520222023 Income: £30,7232023 Spending: £31,16720232024 Income: £40,3422024 Spending: £44,29820242025 Income: £52,0912025 Spending: £45,0382025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We continue to develop young people in the Beavers; Cubs and Scouts engaging them in various activities e.g. Archery; Shooting; Camping etc. Competing in competitions with other groups in the Waveney area.

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Holdsworth Club of the Students of the Faculty of Law in the University of BirminghamBirmingham£52k
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West Hill and District Community AssociationEast Sussex£52k
Friends of Brecon High SchoolBrecon£52k