Biggleswade Scout Group

Analysis

Biggleswade Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Biggleswade. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Biggleswade Scout Group reported income of £71k and spending of £68k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £45k to £71k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Biggleswade Scout Group sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Côr Meibion Treforys / Morriston Male Choir (£71k), The Screen Film Community (£71k) and Sparkwell Parish Hall and Playground Trust (£71k).