Bisley Scouts

Analysis

Bisley Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in August 1974, 52 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, Bisley Scouts reported income of £41k and spending of £50k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £41k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bisley Scouts sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% 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 12th Crosby (172nd Liverpool St Lukes) Scout Group (£41k), St Albans Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£41k) and St James Community Partnership (£41k).