1st Wall Heath Scout Group

Analysis

1st Wall Heath Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wall Heath. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 Wall Heath Scout Group reported income of £56k and spending of £91k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £56k (+310%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 Wall Heath 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 Cambridge University Rifle Association (£56k), The Bramshaw Trust (£56k) and Bentham Playing Fields Association (£56k).

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.