The 1st Ripley Group Boy Scouts

Analysis

The 1st Ripley Group Boy Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The 1st Ripley Group Boy Scouts reported income of £33k and spending of £33k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £33k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The 1st Ripley Group Boy Scouts sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 Clapham and Patching Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£33k), Whipton Youth FC (£33k) and Sunbury Skiff and Punting Club (£33k).

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.