1st Lilliput Sea Scouts

Analysis

1st Lilliput Sea Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in January 1993, 33 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 2026, 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts reported income of £166k and spending of £96k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £109k to £166k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Lilliput Sea Scouts sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Run 4 Wales Charitable Foundation (£166k), The Searle Charitable Trust (£167k) and St Annes Football Club (£166k).