1st Balderton Scout Group

Analysis

1st Balderton Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in February 1964, 62 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 March 2025, 1st Balderton Scout Group reported income of £28k and spending of £22k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £28k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 Balderton Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Nicolas 9th Guildford Scout Group (£28k), Rocklands Playing Field (£28k) and Friends of Bradley Park (£28k).