Lapal Scout Group

Analysis

Lapal Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in April 1980, 46 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Lapal Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £10k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £17k to £13k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lapal Scout Group sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 20th Birkenhead Scout Group (£13k), West Challow Village Hall (£13k) and Swallow and Cuxwold Village Hall Association (£13k).