306th Manchester Scout Group

Analysis

306th Manchester Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, 306th Manchester Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £15k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 306th Manchester Scout Group sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dell Parent Teacher Association (£15k), 5th Medway Scout Group (£15k) and Pwyllgor Cae Chwarae Coffa Dinas Cross Memorial Playing Field Committee (£15k).