6th Penwortham (St Mary's) Scout Group

Analysis

6th Penwortham (St Mary's) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pr1 9xa. It was registered in June 1970, 56 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 6th Penwortham (St Mary's) Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £16k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £12k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 6th Penwortham (St Mary's) Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stapehill Village Hall (£12k), The Basil Russell Trust Fund (£12k) and Skelmersdale & West Lancs District Unit 601 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£12k).

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.