1st Larch Farm Scout Group

Analysis

1st Larch Farm Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Larch Farm Scout Group reported income of £34k and spending of £57k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £34k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, 1st Larch Farm Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% 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 The Saint John's Wood Society (£34k), Swindon Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association (£34k) and Maidenhead Waterways Restoration Group (£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.