2nd South Petherton Scout Group

Analysis

2nd South Petherton Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Petherton. It was registered in January 1991, 35 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 2nd South Petherton Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £19k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 2nd South Petherton 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 Rossett Scouts (£19k), Ford Village Hall (£19k) and Kirkby in Furness Community Centre (£19k).