1st Bishops Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group

Analysis

1st Bishops Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 July 2025, 1st Bishops Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £35k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £34k to £22k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Bishops Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Ayton Tennis Club (£22k), 2nd Alveston Scout Group (£22k) and Upton Bishop Village Hall (£22k).