Wessex Scout Group

Analysis

Wessex Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yeovil. It was registered in April 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wessex Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £986 to £11k (+1051%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 779%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wessex 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southcote Pfa (Parents & Friends Association) (£11k), Haddenham Community Infant School Parent Teacher Association (£11k) and Friends of Asmall School Association (£11k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.