1st Leighton Buzzard Scout Group

Analysis

1st Leighton Buzzard Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in February 1980, 46 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, 1st Leighton Buzzard Scout Group reported income of £27k and spending of £42k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £27k (+2.0%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Leighton Buzzard Scout Group sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keep the Dream Alive (£27k), Briercliffe Community FC (£27k) and Bickleigh Recreation Trust (£27k).