[3] At the end of the 2017–18 season the club successfully applied for promotion to the new Division One South of the Eastern Counties League, a three-division jump.

The 2023–24 season saw Benfleet win the Division One South title, earning promotion to the Essex Senior League.

[5] The club originally played at the recreation ground in South Benfleet, which was located on a former army camp behind the shops on the High Street.

[2] A pavilion was subsequently built at the end of Brook Road, with Benfleet playing on the pitch opposite it.

[2] When they moved up to the Eastern Counties League, the first team began a groundshare at Canvey Island's Park Lane due to the Woodside ground not meeting the required standards, while the remainder of the club's teams remained at Woodside Park in Benfleet.