1st Lym Valley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Lym Valley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Lym Valley Scout Group reported income of £47k and spending of £54k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £47k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 362%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Lym Valley Scout Group sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farley Wood Community Association (£47k), Cotehele Quay Gig Club (£47k) and Bircotes and Harworth Colliery Recreational Trust (£47k).