1st Sowerby Scouts

Analysis

1st Sowerby Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 1st Sowerby Scouts reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-33%), an average of -9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Sowerby Scouts sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Bathampton School (£16k), The HMCK Charity (£16k) and Charnock Richard Church of England School Parent Teacher and Friends Association (£16k).