Henlow/Clifton Scout Group

Analysis

Henlow/Clifton Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in July 1961, 65 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Henlow/Clifton Scout Group reported income of £52k and spending of £54k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £29k to £52k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Henlow/Clifton Scout Group sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Strawberry Line Society (£52k), Finchampstead Park (£52k) and Painters Forstal Community Association (£52k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.