298th Birmingham (Silvermere) Scout Group

Analysis

298th Birmingham (Silvermere) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in June 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 298th Birmingham (Silvermere) Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £32k to £14k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 298th Birmingham (Silvermere) Scout Group sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edward Richardson County Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£14k), Imerys Bowling Club (£14k) and Riddlesden War Memorial Institute (£14k).