9th Barnsley (Wombwell) Scout Group

Analysis

9th Barnsley (Wombwell) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in May 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 9th Barnsley (Wombwell) Scout Group reported income of £21k and spending of £25k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £21k (+27%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 9th Barnsley (Wombwell) Scout Group sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ermin Gospel Hall Trust (£21k), Cronfa Goffa Wilfred Howard Evans (£21k) and Word of Spirit and Life (Wosal) Baptist Church (£21k).