17th Whitley Bay (St Andrews) Scout Group

Analysis

17th Whitley Bay (St Andrews) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in October 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 17th Whitley Bay (St Andrews) Scout Group reported income of £10k and spending of £15k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £10k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 17th Whitley Bay (St Andrews) Scout Group sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Dovercourt Scout Group (£10k), Ruardean Woodside Memorial Hall (£10k) and Compton Abdale Village Hall (£10k).

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.