26th Picton Scout Group

Analysis

26th Picton Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 26th Picton Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £22k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,970 to £14k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 26th Picton Scout Group sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Hanningfield Parish Allotments (£14k), The Kirkby and Osgodby Playing Field and Village Hall (£14k) and Stockton and Thornaby Canoe Club (£14k).

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.