1st Bicester Scout Group

Analysis

1st Bicester Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxon. It was registered in March 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, 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 Bicester Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £13k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Bicester Scout Group sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beaconsfield District Guides (£13k), Benington Village Hall Association (£13k) and Hempstead Village Hall (£13k).