113th Birmingham (1st Ariel) Scout Group

Analysis

113th Birmingham (1st Ariel) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 113th Birmingham (1st Ariel) Scout Group reported income of £18k and spending of £26k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £18k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 113th Birmingham (1st Ariel) Scout Group sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 6th/12th Mitcham Sea Scouts (£18k), Weybread Village Hall (£18k) and Thornford Village Hall (£18k).