17th Stretford Scout Group

Analysis

17th Stretford Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in September 1963, 63 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 17th Stretford Scout Group reported income of £29k and spending of £26k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £33k to £29k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 17th Stretford Scout Group sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hartlepool Rovers Junior Section (£29k), Clewer Parish Hall (£29k) and Maresfield Lawn Tennis Club (£29k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.