1st Wetherby Scout Group

Analysis

1st Wetherby Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in August 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Wetherby Scout Group reported income of £18k and spending of £19k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £18k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Wetherby Scout Group sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Cleeve Village Hall (£18k), Friends of Hatch Warren Junior School (£18k) and Cheltenham Lions Club (CIO) (£18k).

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.