1st Kirkham and Wesham Scout Group

Analysis

1st Kirkham and Wesham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Kirkham and Wesham Scout Group reported income of £26k and spending of £37k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £22k to £26k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Kirkham and Wesham Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Shaw Scout Group (£26k), Kettering Unit 199 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£26k) and Boscastle & Crackington Gig Club CIO (£26k).