1st Stanford in the Vale Scout Group

Analysis

1st Stanford in the Vale Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Stanford in the Vale Scout Group reported income of £20k and spending of £21k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,560 to £20k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Stanford in the Vale Scout Group sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% 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 9th Andover (Town) Scout Group (£20k), Danson Park Bowls Consortium Limited (£20k) and The Aylmerton Village Hall (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.