Gamlingay and Gransden Scout Group

Analysis

Gamlingay and Gransden Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in April 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 August 2025, Gamlingay and Gransden Scout Group reported income of £44k and spending of £44k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £18k to £44k (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 321%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gamlingay and Gransden Scout Group sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 Ludlow Swimming Club (£44k), The Lacrosse Foundation (£44k) and Methwold Hall Complex Charitable Trust (£44k).