First Duffield Boy Scout Group

Analysis

First Duffield Boy Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belper. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, First Duffield Boy Scout Group reported income of £43k and spending of £44k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £43k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, First Duffield Boy Scout Group sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Podsmead Community Association (£43k), The Carshalton Darby and Joan Club (£43k) and Royston Bowling Club (£43k).

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.