1st Shifnal Scout Group

Analysis

1st Shifnal Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shifnal. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Shifnal Scout Group reported income of £29k and spending of £21k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £36k to £29k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Shifnal Scout Group sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weston Village Hall (£29k), Enderby Lawn Tennis Club (£29k) and Carbrooke Village Millennium Green (£29k).