1st Highweek Village Scout Group

Analysis

1st Highweek Village Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Highweek Village Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £23k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £13k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 1st Highweek Village Scout Group sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wragby Community Group (£13k), Village Hall Beachamwell (£13k) and Boston and District Lincolnshire U3a (£13k).