7th Wyre Forest (Comberton and Offmore) Scout Group

Analysis

7th Wyre Forest (Comberton and Offmore) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidderminster. It was registered in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 7th Wyre Forest (Comberton and Offmore) Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £15k (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 7th Wyre Forest (Comberton and Offmore) Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% 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 Friends of Lower Peover School (£15k), The Friends of Victoria University of Wellington (£15k) and Senlac District Scout Council (£15k).

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.