1st Grimsbury Scout Group

Analysis

1st Grimsbury Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Grimsbury Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £11k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Grimsbury Scout Group sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilsford Village Hall (£11k), Holy Trinity Church Salcombe Conservation Trust (£12k) and The Friends of St Endellion Church (£11k).

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.