16th Lancaster (St Paul's) Scout Group

Analysis

16th Lancaster (St Paul's) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 16th Lancaster (St Paul's) Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £19k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £22k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 16th Lancaster (St Paul's) Scout Group sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yehowah Jireh Ministries (£22k), The Church of England Record Society (£22k) and Prayer Network UK (£22k).