1st Blackfords Sea Scout Group

Analysis

1st Blackfords Sea Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cannock. It was registered in December 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Blackfords Sea Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £16k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 1st Blackfords Sea Scout Group sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% 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 Waverley Friends Assocation (£16k), Rotary Club of Bedford Charity Trust Fund (£16k) and Friends of Guiding in Malden and Coombe (£16k).

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.