1st Southoe and Buckden Scout Group

Analysis

1st Southoe and Buckden Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Neots. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Southoe and Buckden Scout Group reported income of £45k and spending of £25k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £45k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Southoe and Buckden Scout Group sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pembury U3a (£45k), Darsham Country Centre (£45k) and The Lawrence Charitable Trust (£45k).