WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1042773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLGUIDING WORCESTERSHIRE

Girlguiding UK, as part of a worldwide movement, enables girls and young women to fulfil their potential to take an active and responsible role in society through its distinctive, stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities delivered by trained volunteer leaders.

Objects

THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN TO HELP THEM DEVELOP EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER WORLD

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£198k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £12,226 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to £518,519. Unrestricted funds stood at £412,393, which the trustees consider adequate to meet day-to-day needs and safeguard against unexpected deficits. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting an amount equal to its annual expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: an amount equal to the organisation's annual expenditure (held: £412k)

“The minimum Free Reserves figure required is an amount equal to the organisation's annual expenditure” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanne Katharine Capewellchair
Ann Williams
Catherine Jean Ready
Charlotte Howell
Hannah Young
Janet Long · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanna Elizabeth Kirkham · trustee of 1 other charity
Karen Boyden · trustee of 1 other charity
Louisa Hills
Lydia Roberts · trustee of 2 other charities
MARY ELIZABETH FLYNN

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Gloucestershire · Sandwell · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£198k	£179k
31/12/2024	£224k	£219k
31/12/2023	£168k	£137k
31/12/2022	£120k	£95k
31/12/2021	£75k	£88k

Common questions

Is WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £12,226 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to £518,519. Unrestricted funds stood at £412,393, which the trustees consider adequate to meet day-to-day needs and safeguard against unexpected deficits. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting an amount equal to its annual expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2017	£10k	Blackmore Party in the Park

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY	1	—
VINCI UK FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION.

HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION income £248k
WARWICKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £190k
THE NORFOLK COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £216k
GUIDE ASSOCIATION BUCKINGHAMSHIRE income £228k
WILTSHIRE SOUTH COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £109k
GLOUCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £198k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION FY2024	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£190k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORFOLK COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£216k	—	above	—	no doubt
GUIDE ASSOCIATION BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FY2025	£228k	—	above	—	no doubt
WILTSHIRE SOUTH COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2024	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.