8th Letchworth Scout Group

Analysis

8th Letchworth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grounds of Grange Academy. It was registered in April 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 8th Letchworth Scout Group reported income of £32k and spending of £25k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £32k (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 8th Letchworth Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northamptonshire Record Society (£32k), Pontfaen Young Farmers' Club (£32k) and Ulverston Amateur Operatic Society (£32k).