1st Shawbury Air Scout Group

Analysis

1st Shawbury Air Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, 1st Shawbury Air Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 1st Shawbury Air Scout Group sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Ferriby Village Hall (£16k), West Bridgford Junior School Home School Association (£16k) and Friends of Beech Grove (£16k).