1st Wellington Scout Group

Analysis

1st Wellington Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Wellington Scout Group reported income of £27k and spending of £23k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £27k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Wellington Scout Group sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sholing Community Association (£27k), Belton Village Hall (£27k) and Ilfracombe Pilot Gig Club (£27k).