BEDFORDSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1054718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEDFORDSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCAITION

To pursue the objectives of the Girlguiding UK within Bedfordshire, overseeing @870 volunteers and @3300 young members aged 4-18.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE

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

£69k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had net outgoing resources of £2,283 from unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2024. The Trustees report that the charity is financially stable and that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations on a fund-by-fund basis. Free reserves stood at £85,540, which the Trustees note is above their policy target of two years of budgeted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of budgeted expenditure (held: £86k)

“The Trustees strive to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately two years of budgeted expenditure” — page 9

Per its FY2024 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Barkerchair
Adrian Maynard
Alison Wenham · trustee of 1 other charity
Allison Simms
Amanda Briscoe
Carol Mayr
Danielle Ellis
Emma Bowley · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Simms
Hazel Donald · trustee of 1 other charity
Julia Chetwynd
Karen Keeling · trustee of 2 other charities
Linda Jane Oliver · trustee of 2 other charities
Samantha Chisman
Susan Bartlett
Victoria Davy
Zoe Swinburn

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£69k	£70k
31/12/2023	£40k	£59k
31/12/2022	£44k	£69k
31/12/2021	£64k	£76k
31/12/2020	£76k	£25k

Common questions

Is BEDFORDSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had net outgoing resources of £2,283 from unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2024. The Trustees report that the charity is financially stable and that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations on a fund-by-fund basis. Free reserves stood at £85,540, which the Trustees note is above their policy target of two years of budgeted expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.