28th South Shields, 4th East Boldon Scout Group

Analysis

28th South Shields, 4th East Boldon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Boldon. It was registered in February 2008, 18 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 28th South Shields, 4th East Boldon Scout Group reported income of £82k and spending of £57k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £65k to £82k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 28th South Shields, 4th East Boldon Scout Group sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 25th Ealing (Gordon Woodhouse) Scout Group (£82k), Stokesley Town Hall Trust (£82k) and Leamington Cricket Club (£82k).