1st Bispham Scout Group

Analysis

1st Bispham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thornton-Cleveleys. It was registered in February 1965, 61 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 2026, 1st Bispham Scout Group reported income of £33k and spending of £35k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £18k to £33k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Bispham Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Alphege Schools Solihull (£33k), Todwick Village Hall (£33k) and George Fulford and Ann Burrard (£33k).