1st Briercliffe (St James) Scout Group

Analysis

1st Briercliffe (St James) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in October 1978, 48 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 December 2025, 1st Briercliffe (St James) Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £17k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,885 to £11k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 138% 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 Briercliffe (St James) Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Eynsford and Farningham Scout Group (£11k), Friends of Alconbury Church of England School (FACES) (£11k) and Chitterne Village Hall (£11k).

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.