1st Southport (Ainsdale) Scout Group

Analysis

1st Southport (Ainsdale) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Southport (Ainsdale) Scout Group reported income of £35k and spending of £31k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £40k to £35k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Southport (Ainsdale) Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 7th Ashford Scouts Group (Spelthorne) (£35k), Swallownest Hamlet Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground (£35k) and Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens CIO (£35k).