1st Great Bentley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Great Bentley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Great Bentley Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,724 to £12k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 615%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Great Bentley Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rye & District Youth Club (£12k), Ackworth Table Tennis Club (£12k) and Standish Village Hall (£12k).