1st Thurstaston Scout Group

Analysis

1st Thurstaston Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 March 2025, 1st Thurstaston Scout Group reported income of £54k and spending of £60k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £39k to £54k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Thurstaston Scout Group sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Moat Mount Camp Site (£54k), Old Bedians Sports Centre (£54k) and Read and Simonstone Village Hall (£54k).