297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scout Group

Analysis

297th Sheffield (Bradway) 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 and amateur sport, 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 March 2025, 297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £12k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,972 to £15k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Old School Community Rooms (Oscr) (£15k), Marske Sports and Recreation Partnership (£15k) and Bideford Bay Surf Lifesaving Club (£15k).