8th Wyre Forest (St Johns) Scout Group

Analysis

8th Wyre Forest (St Johns) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in January 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 8th Wyre Forest (St Johns) Scout Group reported income of £27k and spending of £25k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £27k (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 20%. 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, 8th Wyre Forest (St Johns) Scout Group sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helsington and Brigsteer Village Hall (£27k), 1st Kilworth Scout Group (£27k) and Barnsley Table Tennis Club (£27k).