8th Wakefield Scout Group

Analysis

8th Wakefield Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 8th Wakefield Scout Group reported income of £37k and spending of £28k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £37k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 8th Wakefield Scout Group sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Catherine's School Parent-Teacher Association (£37k), The Taylor and Hammond Educational Foundation (£37k) and The Friends of Urmston Primary School (£37k).