1st Marple Scout Group

Analysis

1st Marple Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in December 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Marple Scout Group reported income of £118k and spending of £86k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £118k (+173%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 1st Marple Scout Group sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Creamer Fund (£118k), Dimobi Children Disability Trust (£118k) and The Windmill Trust (£118k).