1st North Devon Scout Group

Analysis

1st North Devon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st North Devon Scout Group reported income of £41k and spending of £44k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £24k to £41k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 North Devon Scout Group sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Town and County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£41k), Printfest Ulverston (£41k) and York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir (Fletcher Memorial Choir) (£41k).