1st Ottery St Mary Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ottery St Mary Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in September 1985, 41 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Ottery St Mary Scout Group reported income of £29k and spending of £30k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £29k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Ottery St Mary Scout Group sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waun-Capel Recreation Ground (£29k), Hayle Pilot Gig Rowing Club CIO (£29k) and Exmouth Unit 395 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£29k).

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.