1st Weston Village Scout Group

Analysis

1st Weston Village Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weston-super-Mare. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Weston Village Scout Group reported income of £45k and spending of £50k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,303 to £45k (+513%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 160%. 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, 1st Weston Village Scout Group sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerton Scout Group (£45k), Ramsey Pavilion Hub (£45k) and Warminster Scout Group (£45k).

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.