15th Wakefield (Sandel Magna) Scout Group

Analysis

15th Wakefield (Sandel Magna) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 15th Wakefield (Sandel Magna) Scout Group reported income of £36k and spending of £51k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £36k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 15th Wakefield (Sandel Magna) Scout Group sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lavant Memorial Hall (£36k), The Friends of Crofton Oak Scout Group (£36k) and 3rd Hertford Scout Group (£36k).

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.