Old Basing Scouts

Analysis

Old Basing Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Old Basing Scouts reported income of £33k and spending of £37k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £33k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Old Basing Scouts 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 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emneth Central Hall Management Committee (£33k), Ticknall Village Hall (£33k) and Leighton Buzzard Canoe Club (£33k).