Fforestfach Scout Group

Analysis

Fforestfach Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in July 2020, 6 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 April 2025, Fforestfach Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £26k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £31k to £19k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Fforestfach Scout Group sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chilham Parish Recreation Ground Trust (£19k), Tadmarton Village Hall Trust (£19k) and Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall (£19k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.