5th North Devon (Bishops Tawton) Scout Group

Analysis

5th North Devon (Bishops Tawton) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 5th North Devon (Bishops Tawton) Scout Group reported income of £25k and spending of £21k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £25k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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 North Devon (Bishops Tawton) Scout Group sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roselands Parent School Association (£25k), Chorley Healey Scout Group (£25k) and The Owen Harris Memorial Ground (£25k).