1st Ness Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ness Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Neston. It was registered in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Ness Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £24k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £18k to £14k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Ness Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queen Elizabeth's School Trust (£14k), Bromet Parent, Teacher, Friends Association (£14k) and Jamia Mazahirululum Hajipur Trust (£14k).

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.