1st Huntspill and Highbridge Scout Group

Analysis

1st Huntspill and Highbridge Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgwater. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Huntspill and Highbridge Scout Group reported income of £43k and spending of £41k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £43k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 1st Huntspill and Highbridge 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 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Staffordshire Regional Film Theatre Limited (£43k), Shuttington and Alvecote Parish Hall (£43k) and Queen Mary's College Foundation (£43k).