1st/7th Whitley Bay Scout Group

Analysis

1st/7th Whitley Bay Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitley Bay. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, 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, 1st/7th Whitley Bay Scout Group reported income of £46k and spending of £33k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £46k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st/7th Whitley Bay Scout Group sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barrow upon Soar Scout Group (£46k), Eastrington Sports Club (£46k) and British Judo Trust (£46k).