7th Stafford Scout Group

Analysis

7th Stafford Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 7th Stafford Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £17k to £14k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 380%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 7th Stafford Scout Group sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhostyllen Parish Hall (£14k), Warkton Village Hall Committee (£14k) and Baldock & District Canoe Club (£14k).