85th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle Scout Group

Analysis

85th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 2025, 85th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle Scout Group reported income of £34k and spending of £48k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £34k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 85th Stoke on Trent and Newcastle Scout Group sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clymping Village Hall and Playing Field (£34k), Southern Counties Archery Society (£35k) and Hordle Community Association (£34k).