Silver Leys (Bishops Stortford) Scout Group

Analysis

Silver Leys (Bishops Stortford) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, 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 December 2025, Silver Leys (Bishops Stortford) Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £22k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £16k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. 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, Silver Leys (Bishops Stortford) 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 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall (£16k), Eccleston Lane Ends Parent Teacher Association (£16k) and 1st Market Harborough Scout Group (£16k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.