1st West Moors Scout Group

Analysis

1st West Moors Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st West Moors Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to March 2026, income grew from £8,851 to £17k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 41%. 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 West Moors Scout Group sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walwyns Castle Village Hall (£17k), Georgetown District Community Association (£17k) and Middleton Village Hall (Warwickshire) (£17k).