23rd Wakefield (Sandal Methodist) Scout Group

Analysis

23rd Wakefield (Sandal Methodist) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 23rd Wakefield (Sandal Methodist) Scout Group reported income of £43k and spending of £46k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,852 to £43k (+2244%), an average of +120% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 364%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 23rd Wakefield (Sandal Methodist) Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BSL Bible Translation Project (£43k), Danbury Village Hall (£43k) and Thaxted Baptist Church (£43k).

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.