17th Barnsley (Penistone) Scout Group

Analysis

17th Barnsley (Penistone) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 17th Barnsley (Penistone) Scout Group reported income of £71k and spending of £82k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £37k to £71k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, 17th Barnsley (Penistone) Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Father's Joy (£71k), Azamrah Youth Club (£71k) and Jagat Guru Valmik Ji Maharaj Mandir Gian Ashram U.k. (£71k).

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.