10th Birkenhead Scout Group

Analysis

10th Birkenhead Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 10th Birkenhead Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,223 to £12k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 222%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 10th Birkenhead Scout Group sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fourth World Action (£12k), The Tana Trust (£12k) and Cotswold Way Association (£12k).

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.