9th Stafford Sea Scouts

Analysis

9th Stafford Sea Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in August 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 9th Stafford Sea Scouts reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £15k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 9th Stafford Sea Scouts sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Castle Hedingham Village Hall (£15k), Weston Lullingfields Village Hall (£15k) and Friends of St Andrews CE Infant School PTA (£15k).

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.