1st Sandford Scout Group

Analysis

1st Sandford Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wareham. It was registered in February 1989, 37 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 Sandford Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,640 to £12k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Sandford Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bampton (Devon) Community Hub (£12k), Hinton St George Parent and Friends Association (£12k) and Shadwell Youth Organisation (£12k).

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.