1st Handforth Scout Group

Analysis

1st Handforth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wilmslow. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Handforth Scout Group reported income of £49k and spending of £51k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £49k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Handforth Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision of Knowledge (£49k), Burley-In-Wharfedale Scout and Guide Group (£49k) and St Mary and All Saints CE Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£49k).