Sandwell Scout District

Analysis

Sandwell Scout District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sandwell Scout District reported income of £49k and spending of £51k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £66k to £49k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sandwell Scout District sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Methodist Girls' High School Old Girls' Association (UK Branch) (£49k), Costessey Primary School PTA (£49k) and Loose Primary School Parent and Teacher Association (£49k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.