Wantage Scout Group

Analysis

Wantage Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, 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, Wantage Scout Group reported income of £59k and spending of £58k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £59k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wantage Scout Group sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stone and District Sports Association (£59k), U3a Cranleigh and District Area (£59k) and The Ripon Operatic Summer School (£59k).