5th Woodley Scout Group

Analysis

5th Woodley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 1990, 36 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 5th Woodley Scout Group reported income of £35k and spending of £41k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £35k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 5th Woodley Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shilton Village Hall (£35k), The St Briavels War Memorial and Playing Fields (£35k) and Hartington Village Hall (£35k).

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.