1st Winterbourne Down and Buryside Scout Group

Analysis

1st Winterbourne Down and Buryside Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Winterbourne Down and Buryside Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £32k to £19k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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 Winterbourne Down and Buryside Scout Group sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwall County Table Tennis Association (£19k), Memorial Hall (£19k) and Stanton Harcourt Memorial Hall (£19k).