1st Pelsall Scout Group (11th Walsall)

Analysis

1st Pelsall Scout Group (11th Walsall) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in August 1966, 60 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Pelsall Scout Group (11th Walsall) reported income of £22k and spending of £27k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £22k (+4.0%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 721%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Pelsall Scout Group (11th Walsall) sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Owston Ferry Coronation Hall (£22k), Dartmoor Activity Centre - Broadleas (£22k) and Newhaven and Seaford Unit 442 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£22k).

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.