1st Burnham-On-Sea Scout Group

Analysis

1st Burnham-On-Sea Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnham-On-Sea. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Burnham-On-Sea Scout Group reported income of £38k and spending of £39k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £38k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 Burnham-On-Sea Scout Group sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 Salford Sea Cadets (T S Ilex) (£38k), Botesdale After School Club (£38k) and Sea Ranger Association (£38k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.