1st Penmark with Porthkerry Scout Group (15th Barry)

Analysis

1st Penmark with Porthkerry Scout Group (15th Barry) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vale of Glamorgan. It was registered in April 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Penmark with Porthkerry Scout Group (15th Barry) reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £39k to £11k (-71%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Penmark with Porthkerry Scout Group (15th Barry) sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gisburn Festival Hall (£11k), Preston Bissett Village Hall (£11k) and 7th Petts Wood Scout Group (£11k).

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.