12th Wyre Forest (Blakedown) Scout Group

Analysis

12th Wyre Forest (Blakedown) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halesowen. It was registered in October 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 12th Wyre Forest (Blakedown) Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £12k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 12th Wyre Forest (Blakedown) Scout Group sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Mendip School PTA (£12k), Friends of Melsonby School (£12k) and Maurice Leonard Jacks Deceased Will Trust (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.