THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 209617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GDBA, GUIDE DOGS · also registered in Scotland as SC038979 (OSCR)

Latest income
£156.4m
Latest spending
£158.9m
Registered
1962

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£156.4m
Total spending
£158.9m
Cost of raising funds
£45.9m
Reserves (reported)
£72.3m
Employees
1,847

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£156.4m£158.9m
31/12/2023£144.7m£145.0m
31/12/2022£142.0m£128.3m
31/12/2021£153.0m£116.0m
31/12/2020£125.9m£111.9m

Common questions

Who funds THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include OPTIGENE FOUNDATION, THE IMP TRUST, THE LIDBURY FAMILY TRUST, The Brindle Foundation, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
OPTIGENE FOUNDATIONFY2025£238k
THE IMP TRUSTFY2024£89k
THE LIDBURY FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£76k
The Brindle FoundationFY2025£75k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£70k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£57k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£39k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUSTFY2024£14k
THE COYSH FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE COYSH FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£9k
THE LONDON NOAH TRUSTFY2024£7k
THE ANTHONY & PAT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£7k
PETER DIXON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k
THE CADBURY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
PETPLAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE COYSH FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2024£3k
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£3k
THE JACK BRUNTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2024£3k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE ANTHONY & PAT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUSTFY2023£2k
NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITYFY2023£2k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2023£2k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2022£1k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE LIDBURY FAMILY TRUSTFY2025£1k
CHARITY OF CHARLES CLEMENT WALKER (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WALKER TRUST)FY2025£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£1k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£1k
CHARITY OF CHARLES CLEMENT WALKER (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WALKER TRUST)FY2022£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£1k
JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2024£1k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£800
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, SWANMOREFY2024£600
THE GRAY TRUSTFY2024£500
THE LONDON NOAH TRUSTFY2023£180

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery18/02/2025£2.0mRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£2.0mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery29/03/2023£2.1mRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery16/03/2022£2.0mRegular Grant 2022