5th Bolton Scout Group

Analysis

5th Bolton Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in February 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 5th Bolton Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £15k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 5th Bolton Scout Group sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shropshire Chess Association (£15k), Piddington Village Hall (£15k) and 1st Malpas Scout Group (£15k).