1st Sedgley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Sedgley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Sedgley Scout Group reported income of £56k and spending of £50k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £56k (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Sedgley Scout Group sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 14th Tonbridge Sea Scouts (£56k), 1st Tadworth Sea Scouts Group (£56k) and Langham Village Hall (£56k).