6th Runcorn Scout Group

Analysis

6th Runcorn Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 6th Runcorn Scout Group reported income of £18k and spending of £12k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,333 to £18k (+1225%), an average of +91% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 425%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 6th Runcorn Scout Group sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churchill and Blakedown Sports and Recreation Centre (£18k), Barroway Drove Village Hall (£18k) and Friends of Ecclesfield Library CIO (£18k).