1st Tavistock Scout Group

Analysis

1st Tavistock Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tavistock. It was registered in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Tavistock Scout Group reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £21k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Tavistock Scout Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buckingham Primary School PTA (£21k), The North Halifax Grammar School Parents' Association (£21k) and Marine Park Parents Association (£21k).

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.