1st Olney Scout Group

Analysis

1st Olney Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in October 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Olney Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,711 to £16k (+502%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Olney Scout Group sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Recovery House Charities (£16k), St Thomas's Chapel Charity (£16k) and Bread of Life Christian Church in North London (£16k).