First Fairford Scout Group (Funds)

Analysis

First Fairford Scout Group (Funds) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 1989, 37 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, First Fairford Scout Group (Funds) reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £13k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 276%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Fairford Scout Group (Funds) sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dunalley Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association (£13k), Around and Around (£13k) and Rother Community Choir (£13k).

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.