Chorley Healey Scout Group

Analysis

Chorley Healey Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in July 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chorley Healey Scout Group reported income of £25k and spending of £28k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £25k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chorley Healey Scout Group sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5th North Devon (Bishops Tawton) Scout Group (£25k), Silkstone Community Centre (£25k) and Roselands Parent School Association (£25k).

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.