1st Elstree and Borehamwood Scout Group

Analysis

1st Elstree and Borehamwood Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Elstree and Borehamwood Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £17k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Elstree and Borehamwood Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2nd Clevedon Scout Group (£17k), 7th Welling (Falconwood) Scout Group (£17k) and Hedon Community Centre Trust (£17k).