Leighton Buzzard Church Scout Group

Analysis

Leighton Buzzard Church Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in February 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Leighton Buzzard Church Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £12k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,845 to £16k (+305%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 98%. 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, Leighton Buzzard Church Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 20th Chiswick Scout Group (£16k), Otley Community Council (£16k) and Nottingham Unit 258 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£16k).