Lostock (25th Bolton) Scout Group

Analysis

Lostock (25th Bolton) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lostock (25th Bolton) Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £126k, spending 788% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 596%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lostock (25th Bolton) 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 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sheffield West Riding Charitable Society Trust (£16k), Victorious Jesus Church (£16k) and St Chad's Church, Longford, Derbyshire (£16k).