72nd Sheffield (St Andrew's, Sharrow) Scout Group

Analysis

72nd Sheffield (St Andrew's, Sharrow) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 72nd Sheffield (St Andrew's, Sharrow) Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,859 to £14k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 195%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 72nd Sheffield (St Andrew's, Sharrow) Scout Group sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Portskewett and Sudbrook Playing Fields and Recreation Hall (£14k), Leeds Unit 424 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£14k) and Alford Community Trust (£14k).