DORSET GUIDE ASSOCIATION
Girlguiding Dorset provides opportunities for girls and young women to discover their full potential through, fun, friendship, challenge and adventure.
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EDUCATING 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.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The provided document is a FuseSign electronic signature audit log and does not contain the charity's financial accounts, trustees' report, or statement of financial activities. Consequently, no financial data regarding reserves, income, expenditure, or governance matters is available for analysis.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- 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
- CHRIS THORNTON
- Catherine Sarah Ramsden
- Charlotte Rodgers
- Christine Drummond
- Christine Kemp
- Clare Nathan
- Deborah Alice Boyer
- Ellen Hall
- Emma Hanson
- Holly Glenna Cooper Jones
- Ingrid Moira Elizabeth Cooney
- Jayne Leonard
- Julie Knight
- Kaye Jackson
- Lisa Upward
- Sandra Gould
- Sarah Bennett
- Sarah Roberts
- Teresa Claire Fisher
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2025 | £114k | £102k |
| 30/09/2024 | £81k | £63k |
| 30/09/2023 | £71k | £59k |
| 30/09/2022 | £52k | £41k |
| 30/09/2021 | £7k | £44k |
Common questions
Is DORSET GUIDE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a FuseSign electronic signature audit log and does not contain the charity's financial accounts, trustees' report, or statement of financial activities. Consequently, no financial data regarding reserves, income, expenditure, or governance matters is available for analysis.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/01/2016 | £8k | FLAME INTERNATIONAL GUIDE CAMP 2016 |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 01/03/2012 | £8k | Flame International Guide Camp 2012 |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| PAULINE MEREDITH CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £99k |
| THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE | 1 | £24k |
| THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST | 1 | £6k |
| CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- THE SPECIAL LIONESS
- GOOD THINGS FOUNDATION
- HERTFORDSHIRE YOUNG MARINERS' BASE
- WEST MOOR RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
- Angels Small Paws Dog Rescue and Animal Sanctuary
- THE CARERS CENTRE FOR BRIGHTON AND HOVE LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DORSET GUIDE ASSOCIATION | £114k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE SPECIAL LIONESS | £163k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GOOD THINGS FOUNDATION | £8.1m | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| HERTFORDSHIRE YOUNG MARINERS' BASE | £329k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WEST MOOR RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION | £129k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Angels Small Paws Dog Rescue and Animal Sanctuary | £138k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |