27th Plymouth Scout Group

Analysis

27th Plymouth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 27th Plymouth Scout Group reported income of £30k and spending of £20k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £9,608 to £30k (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 27th Plymouth Scout Group sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Fatfield Scout Group (£30k), Puriton Playing Field Committee (£30k) and Cleethorpes and Grimsby Riding for the Disabled Association (£30k).