273rd Sheffield (Handsworth) Scout Group

Analysis

273rd Sheffield (Handsworth) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 273rd Sheffield (Handsworth) Scout Group reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £20k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 273rd Sheffield (Handsworth) Scout Group sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warfield Memorial Ground (£20k), Chester Le Street District Scout Council (£20k) and Blackwater Village Trust (£20k).

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.