10th Torbay (Babbacombe) Sea Scout Group

Analysis

10th Torbay (Babbacombe) Sea Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 10th Torbay (Babbacombe) Sea Scout Group reported income of £36k and spending of £44k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £57k to £36k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 10th Torbay (Babbacombe) Sea Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Future Fit - Junior Field Gun (£36k), Gosport Unit 437 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£36k) and Whitemoor Village Hall (£36k).

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.