1st Withington Scout Group

Analysis

1st Withington Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, recreation and other charitable purposes, 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 Withington Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £32k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £36k to £17k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Withington Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Business for Youth in Newton-Le-Willows (£17k), Barton Lane Community Association (£17k) and Chale Recreation Ground Ltd (£17k).