23rd Stretford St Matthews Victoria Scout Group

Analysis

23rd Stretford St Matthews Victoria Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 23rd Stretford St Matthews Victoria Scout Group reported income of £24k and spending of £28k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £24k (-3.4%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 92%. 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, 23rd Stretford St Matthews Victoria Scout Group sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charlton Marshall Village Hall (£24k), Brandon Table Tennis Club (£24k) and 17th Epping Forest South Scout-Group (£24k).

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.