Scouts Association Polyapes Scout Camp Site

Analysis

Scouts Association Polyapes Scout Camp Site is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surbiton. It was registered in March 1995, 31 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 2025, Scouts Association Polyapes Scout Camp Site reported income of £90k and spending of £103k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £90k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Scouts Association Polyapes Scout Camp Site sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st/3rd Bookham Scout Group (£90k), England Golf Trust (£90k) and Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens (£90k).

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.