1st Beacon Hill Scout Group

Analysis

1st Beacon Hill Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Beacon Hill Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £10k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,421 to £12k (+757%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Beacon Hill Scout Group sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Korean Missionary Council (£12k), Greenford Park Residents Association (£12k) and The Christian Pentecostal Church of Wolverhampton (£12k).