1st Bourne End Scout Group

Analysis

1st Bourne End Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bourne End. It was registered in March 1971, 55 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 March 2025, 1st Bourne End Scout Group reported income of £38k and spending of £45k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £38k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Bourne End Scout Group sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 70th Portsmouth (1st Drayton) Scouts Group (£38k), Congresbury Youth Partnership (£38k) and Botesdale After School Club (£38k).