1st Chorleywood Scout Group

Analysis

1st Chorleywood Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in June 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Chorleywood Scout Group reported income of £117k and spending of £66k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £54k to £117k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 Chorleywood Scout Group sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Claygate Recreation Ground Trust (£116k), Kidz Den Afterschool Club (£117k) and Lowes Barn Community Project CIO (£116k).