1st Carnforth Scout Group

Analysis

1st Carnforth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carnforth. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 1st Carnforth Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £11k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £15k to £14k (-8.8%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 1st Carnforth Scout Group sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% 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 Chetton and District Parish Hall (£14k), Argosy Players (£14k) and Northallerton Male Voice Choir (£14k).