7th Spen Valley (Gomersal) Scout Group

Analysis

7th Spen Valley (Gomersal) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleckheaton. It was registered in June 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 7th Spen Valley (Gomersal) Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £15k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £12k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 7th Spen Valley (Gomersal) Scout Group sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Bournemouth Collegiate School (£12k), Friends of Charles Kingsley's School Association (£12k) and Scarning Endowed School (£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.