25th Stretford (Firswood) Scout Group

Analysis

25th Stretford (Firswood) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 25th Stretford (Firswood) Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £15k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £22k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 25th Stretford (Firswood) Scout Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall Over Haddon (£22k), 9th Itchen (Woolston Methodist) Sea Scout Group (£22k) and Cheltenham Unit 76 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£22k).