First Spen Valley Scout Group

Analysis

First Spen Valley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, First Spen Valley Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £18k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10k to £14k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 340%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, First Spen Valley Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromet Parent, Teacher, Friends Association (£14k), Cawthorne Educational Foundation (£14k) and 1st Ness Scout Group (£14k).

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.