1st Castle Cary Scout Group

Analysis

1st Castle Cary Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, 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 Castle Cary Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £19k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £17k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Castle Cary Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Netherton Infant and Nursery School Parent Teachers Association (£17k), Thaxted Public Tennis Courts Fund (£17k) and Newington Community Association (£17k).