1st Ivinghoe and Pitstone Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ivinghoe and Pitstone Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Ivinghoe and Pitstone Scout Group reported income of £33k and spending of £19k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £33k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 1st Ivinghoe and Pitstone Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashford and Tenterden Umbrella (£33k), The Rotary Club of Frome Selwood Charitable Trust Fund (£33k) and The Hypermobility Syndromes Association (£33k).