5th Bexleyheath Scout Group

Analysis

5th Bexleyheath Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, 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 March 2025, 5th Bexleyheath Scout Group reported income of £29k and spending of £30k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,127 to £29k (+1243%), an average of +91% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 662%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 5th Bexleyheath Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridgeshire Artistic Roller Skating Club (£29k), The Seven Seas Baxter and Grimshaw Trust (£29k) and Cookridge Village Association (£29k).