2/230th Manchester Scout Group

Analysis

2/230th Manchester Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, economic/community development/employment and recreation, 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 August 2025, 2/230th Manchester Scout Group reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £36k to £21k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 2/230th Manchester Scout Group sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reepham Young Farmers Club (£21k), Taibach Community Library (£21k) and Leeds Boat House Ltd (£21k).

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.