248th Birmingham (21st Sutton Coldfield) Scout Group
Charity 504601
Overview
Summary
The 248th Birmingham (21st Sutton Coldfield) Scout Group appears to be a local youth-development organisation using practical, progressive group activity to build wider capabilities rather than delivering a narrow educational service. Its role is likely to complement formal education by giving children and young people structured opportunities to practise independence, initiative and creative thinking within the Scout movement’s values-led framework. The available evidence establishes its intended model clearly, but says little about its local relationships, reach or delivery in practice.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Vesey
Confidence: low
The Scout Association’s current group directory states that the group’s Beaver, Cub and Scout sections meet weekly during school term time at a Scout Hut in Boldmere. However, the supplied evidence does not directly establish that this meeting location is within Sutton Vesey ward.
- The Scout Association group directory — 248th Birmingham (Wylde Green URC)
Lists weekly term-time meetings for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at a Scout Hut in Boldmere. - Birmingham City Council — Notice of Poll and Persons Nominated, May 2026
Lists Britwell Hall as a polling location in Sutton Vesey ward. - Charity Commission register — charity 504601
Records the charity as providing non-statutory educational activities for children and young people and reports that it operates in Birmingham City.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records a correspondence address, but this should not be treated as a service site because the current Scout Association directory identifies a different meeting location.
- The available evidence does not establish the group’s participant catchment or show that it regularly delivers activities in other Birmingham wards.
- The group’s historic name and the location of the hut behind Wylde Green United Reformed Church suggest a venue relationship with the church, but the available evidence does not confirm a current formal partnership or the terms of use.
- The Charity Commission’s city-level reporting category indicates Birmingham City as the area of operation, but it does not demonstrate citywide delivery; the current direct evidence supports a single neighbourhood-based meeting site.
- The supplied evidence does not directly establish the ward containing the group’s meeting location.
Additional evidence needed
- A current group programme, annual report or section communications identifying any regular off-site activities, outreach venues or additional meeting locations.
- Confirmation from the group or venue owner of the current status and use arrangements for the Scout Hut.
- Current information on the geographic origins of members, if assessing beneficiary reach rather than service-delivery location.
- Direct evidence that the group’s regular meeting location is within Sutton Vesey ward.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Education is delivered through development, not instruction alone
The group appears to treat education as personal and social development: practical activities are intended to build independence, initiative and creative thinking alongside intellectual, physical, social and spiritual potential.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation may contribute capabilities that are difficult to assess through conventional educational measures, including confidence, responsibility and participation in community life.
Show evidence
“Providing non-statutory educational activities for boys and girls aged from 6 to 14.5 years, promoting independence, initiative training and creative thinking within a practical environment.”
Source:Charity Commission“The aim of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials.”
Source:Charity Commission
A values-led alternative to statutory education
The group appears to occupy a complementary space alongside schools, using voluntary, enjoyable and progressive training guided by the Scout Promise, Law and adult leadership.
Why it matters
This clarifies that its distinctive contribution may lie in informal learning and trusted adult-led experiences, rather than replacing formal educational provision.
Show evidence
“Providing non-statutory educational activities for boys and girls aged from 6 to 14.5 years.”
Source:Charity Commission“The method of achieving the aim of the Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its age range creates an important but unclear transition point
The stated provision ends at age 14.5, which may make onward routes into older youth provision, volunteering or other local opportunities particularly important, although no such links are evidenced.
Why it matters
Understanding what happens when participants age out would show whether the group is part of a longer local pathway for young people or a more self-contained offer.
Show evidence
“Providing non-statutory educational activities for boys and girls aged from 6 to 14.5 years.”
Source:Charity Commission
- The scale, frequency and location of activities are unknown.
- There is no evidence about local partners, participant communities or progression beyond age 14.5.
- The evidence does not show how the group recruits, supports or retains adult leaders.
Remaining uncertainties
- Programme information, attendance patterns and participant demographics.
- Evidence of relationships with schools, other Scout sections, community organisations and local youth services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Providing non-statutory educational activities for boys and girls aged from 6 to 14.5 years, promoting independence, initiative training and creative thinking within a practical environment.
Charity objects
THE AIM OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION IS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS,AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES. THE METHOD OF ACHIEVING THE AIM OF THE ASSOCIATION IS BY PROVIDING AN ENJOYABLE AND ATTRACTIVE SCHEME OF PROGRESSIVE TRAINING, BASED ON THE SCOUT PROMISE AND LAW AND GUIDED BY ADULT LEADERSHIP.