THE GIRLS' BRIGADE ENGLAND AND WALES

Registered charity 206655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GIRLS' BRIGADE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

The mission of The Girls' Brigade England and Wales is centred on working with local churches to enable (primarily) girls and young women to engage with the Christian gospel.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £21,859 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total funds stood at £539,460, with free reserves of £148,726 meeting the stated policy target of three months of expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00206877
• Trading subsidiary: GBEW TRADING LIMITED Companies House 06039496

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Girls' Brigade England & Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Thorpe Hall School — “We recently worked with Thorpe Hall School and Girls on Board who sponsored the award-winning koko film Dare to Care .” (source page)
• Girls on Board — “We recently worked with Thorpe Hall School and Girls on Board who sponsored the award-winning koko film Dare to Care .” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OGILVIE, Janice Margaret — director, appointed 24/04/2026on trustee list
• BERRY, Charlotte Louise — director, appointed 10/03/2026on trustee list
• REEVES, Joanne Eveline — director, appointed 16/02/2026on trustee list
• BRAILSFORD, Emily May — director, appointed 16/07/2025on trustee list
• THOMAS, Denise Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/02/2024on trustee list
• PALMER, Andrena Hylouise Elaine — director, appointed 26/02/2024on trustee list
• FAGG, Sara — director, appointed 14/05/2023on trustee list
• PARKIN, Susan Elizabeth — director, appointed 06/11/2021on trustee list
• BOXALL, Claire Jill — director, appointed 15/08/2021on trustee list
• HALL, Sarah — director, appointed 22/02/2021on trustee list
• FLINT, Hayley Rona — director, appointed 22/02/2021on trustee list
• COLE, Judith Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 04/05/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (45% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Elizabeth Thomaschair
• Andrena Hylouise Elaine Palmer
• CLAIRE JILL BOXALL
• Charlotte Louise Berry
• Emily Brailsford · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hayley Rona Flint
• Janice Margaret Ogilvie
• Joanne Eveline Reeves · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sara Fagg
• Sarah Helen Hall
• Susan Elizabeth Parkin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION.

• WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £198k
• GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £443k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £198k
• HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION income £248k
• CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF ENGLAND AND WALES CIO income £198k
• THE CHURCH LADS' AND CHURCH GIRLS' BRIGADE income £250k

Side by side with its peers

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