1st Bennetts End Scout Group

Analysis

1st Bennetts End Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in September 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Bennetts End Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £4,675, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £12k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Bennetts End Scout Group sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% 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 Hazelwood Memorial Hall (£12k), Brecon Canoe Club (£12k) and Witchampton Village Hall (£12k).