2nd Bollington Scout Group

Analysis

2nd Bollington Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 2nd Bollington Scout Group reported income of £28k and spending of £33k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £28k (-8.3%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 2nd Bollington Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Society Sidmouth (£28k), Springhill Parents and Friends Association (£28k) and Usk Rural Life Museum (£28k).

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.