1st West Kirby Scout Group

Analysis

1st West Kirby Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Kirby. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st West Kirby Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,423 to £11k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st West Kirby Scout Group sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bigrigg Village Hall and Playing Field (£11k), Stanley Common Recreation Ground (£11k) and Milton Damerel Parish Hall (£11k).