8th Burgess Hill (St Edward's) Scout Group

Analysis

8th Burgess Hill (St Edward's) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 March 2026, 8th Burgess Hill (St Edward's) Scout Group reported income of £23k and spending of £23k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £17k to £23k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 8th Burgess Hill (St Edward's) Scout Group sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sydling Village Hall CIO (£23k), Village Hall (£23k) and Middlesbrough (T and B) Charitable Trust (£23k).