1st Goosnargh Scout Group

Analysis

1st Goosnargh Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Goosnargh Scout Group reported income of £29k and spending of £14k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £16k to £29k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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 Goosnargh Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Family History Society (£29k), 1st Tidbury Green (Wythall) Scout Group (£29k) and Rhigos Community Sports Association (£29k).