Upper Nidderdale Scout Group

Analysis

Upper Nidderdale Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in February 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Upper Nidderdale Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £16k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £19k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Upper Nidderdale Scout Group sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beech Hill Memorial Hall (£19k), King George V Playing Field and Village Hall, Latchingdon (£19k) and Newcastle Frontrunners (£19k).