79th Bushey and Oxhey Scout Group

Analysis

79th Bushey and Oxhey Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in April 1996, 30 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 December 2025, 79th Bushey and Oxhey Scout Group reported income of £42k and spending of £28k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £42k (+229%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 79th Bushey and Oxhey Scout Group sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Abram Scout Group (£42k), St Michaels Mount Community Association (£42k) and 14th Canterbury Scout Group (£42k).