Backworth Hall Scouts

Analysis

Backworth Hall Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Backworth Hall Scouts reported income of £22k and spending of £16k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2,668 to £22k (+717%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Backworth Hall Scouts sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Shefford Scout Group (£22k), The North and South Wheatley Village Hall (£22k) and Gosberton Youth Centre (£22k).