13th Bebington (St.barnabas) Scout Group

Analysis

13th Bebington (St.barnabas) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birkenhead. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 13th Bebington (St.barnabas) Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £18k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £34k to £14k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 13th Bebington (St.barnabas) Scout Group sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dungworth Village Hall (£14k), Wellington Heath Memorial Village Hall (£14k) and Worlaby Recreation Committee (£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.