1st Doddinghurst Scout Group

Analysis

1st Doddinghurst Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentwood. It was registered in August 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Doddinghurst Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £11k to £12k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 Doddinghurst Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bracon Ash and Hethel Village Hall (£12k), Westerdale Village Hall (£12k) and Abercrave and District Miners Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground (£12k).