The Melton Scout Campsite Trust

Analysis

The Melton Scout Campsite Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Ferriby. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Melton Scout Campsite Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £7,680, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £36k to £14k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Melton Scout Campsite Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Johns School Association (£14k), Friends of Shrivenham Primary School (£14k) and Padstow Unit 492 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£14k).