159th Bristol Scout Group

Analysis

159th Bristol Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1990, 36 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, 159th Bristol Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,295 to £16k (+1126%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 393%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 159th Bristol Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 King George's Playing Field, Trull (£16k), 3rd Horsham Scout Group (£16k) and Eccleston Lane Ends Parent Teacher Association (£16k).