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GUIDES OF KENT - KENT EAST GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1033476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLGUIDING KENT EAST, KENT EAST COUNTY GUIDES

Girlguiding Kent East County is the operating name for the Guides of Kent - Kent East. We have Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Ranger Units throughout the Kent East area, that are run in accordance with the aims, mission and requirements of Girlguiding, with a variety of badgework, covering all aspects of a very wide-ranging programme.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF GIRLS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£46k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £414,355 as of 31 December 2024, with total net assets of £277,182. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future under the going concern basis. The charity is an unincorporated association controlled by a deed of trust.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership and programme and training income
“Membership and programme and training income 32,485” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Girguiding Kent East County Commissioner is, by way of office, one of the five Trustees of the Paxwood facility, which is governed by a constitution dated 10 November 2014. The constitution specifies that the County Commissioners of each of the four Kent Counties (Greater London Kent, Kent East, Kent Weald and Kent West) are Trustees, together with the Treasurer of Paxwood.
“The Girguiding Kent East County Commissioner is, by way of office, one of the five Trustees of the Paxwood facility, which is governed by a constitution dated 10 November 2014. The constitution specifies that the County Commissioners of each of the four Kent Counties (Greater London Kent, Kent East, Kent Weald and Kent West) are Trustees, together with the Treasurer of Paxwood.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£44k£46k
31/12/2023£49k£34k
31/12/2022£65k£63k
31/12/2021£25k£36k
31/12/2020£37k£24k

Common questions

Is GUIDES OF KENT - KENT EAST GUIDE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £414,355 as of 31 December 2024, with total net assets of £277,182. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future under the going concern basis. The charity is an unincorporated association controlled by a deed of trust. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2004£5kGuides, Brownies and Rainbows