1st Shirley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Shirley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Shirley Scout Group reported income of £220k and spending of £212k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £81k to £220k (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Shirley Scout Group sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ladybridge Sports and Leisure Limited (£219k), Washington Athletic Youth Football Club (£220k) and Endcliffe Park (£219k).