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BERKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 300496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE COUNTY GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, GIRLGUIDING ROYAL BERKSHIRE

Education/training.Girlguiding UK enables girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference to the world.The aim of guiding is to help girls and young women develop emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually so that they can make a positive contribution to their community and the wider world.

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: BERKSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£167k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £261,975, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £100,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £262k)
“It is the policy of Berkshire Guiding Association to hold in reserve a maximum of £100,000, this is required to cover up to 3 month's salary payment and if needed redundancy money.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£167k£155k
31/12/2023£154k£161k
31/12/2022£148k£132k
31/12/2021£157k£184k
31/12/2020£111k£102k

Common questions

Is BERKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £261,975, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £100,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CADOGAN CHARITY1£20k
VINCI UK FOUNDATION1£10k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION1£7k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREEN STREET GREEN AND PRATTS BOTTOM (ST. MARY'S WITH ALL SOULS)1£4k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY1£3k
THE ARDWICK TRUST1£100

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BERKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION£167k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION FY2024£248k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY OF THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NORFOLK COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025£216k—0above—no doubt
NORTH EAST ENGLAND GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025£586k—0above—no doubt

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