1st Shevington (Wigan) Scout Group

Analysis

1st Shevington (Wigan) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Shevington (Wigan) Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £14k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £15k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Shevington (Wigan) Scout Group sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethel Gospel Ministries London (£15k), York Spiritualist Church (£15k) and Philadelphia Trust CIO (£15k).