7th Newark Scout Group

Analysis

7th Newark Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newark. It was registered in August 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 March 2025, 7th Newark Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £32k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 7th Newark Scout Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skirlaugh and District Young Farmers Club (£22k), The Broadheath Memorial Hall (£22k) and Fox Amateur Boxing Club (£22k).

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.