Bedale Scouts

Analysis

Bedale Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedale. It was registered in April 1975, 51 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 makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Bedale Scouts reported income of £58k and spending of £72k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £26k to £58k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bedale Scouts sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King George V Playing Field, Mylor (£58k), The Barrovian Foundation UK CIO (£58k) and The Ridgewood Village Hall Committee (£58k).