2nd Beccles Scout Group

Analysis

2nd Beccles Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 2nd Beccles Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £25k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £19k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 2nd Beccles Scout Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crusader Community Boating (£19k), Friends of Lavant Primary School (£19k) and Denby Grange Recreation Ground (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.