Gorsemoor Scout Group

Analysis

Gorsemoor Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gorsemoor Scout Group reported income of £37k and spending of £39k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £37k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Gorsemoor Scout Group sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hare Hatch Village Hall (£37k), Wilbarston Village Hall (£37k) and The Sudan Archaeological Research Society (£37k).