1st Buckland and Horrabridge Scout Group

Analysis

1st Buckland and Horrabridge Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yelverton. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, 1st Buckland and Horrabridge Scout Group reported income of £31k and spending of £1,739, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2,564 to £31k (+1102%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 713%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Buckland and Horrabridge Scout Group sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chabad Retreat Centre (£31k), St Olaf's Wasdale Head Parish Church Management Committee (£31k) and The Gospel Magazine Trust (£31k).