DEVON COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 301072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVON COUNTY GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, GIRLGUIDING DEVON

Devon County Guide Association provides opportunities for girls and young women to meet and develop into caring, tolerant and confident people who will contribute positively to the community and the environment both in Devon and the country and the world.

Objects

UNIT OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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
£82k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,142,867, comprising £752,555 in unrestricted funds and a £390,312 revaluation reserve. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy requiring general liquid reserves sufficient to cover one year's operating expenditure, which the charity appears to meet given its stable financial position and investment income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (41% of income)
“Donations and legacies 33,961”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year's operating expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“General liquid reserves should be maintained, sufficient to cover one year's operating expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£82k£86k
31/12/2024£84k£116k
31/12/2023£101k£84k
31/12/2022£43k£108k
31/12/2021£60k£50k

Common questions

Is DEVON COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,142,867, comprising £752,555 in unrestricted funds and a £390,312 revaluation reserve. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy requiring general liquid reserves sufficient to cover one year's operating expenditure, which the charity appears to meet given its stable financial position and investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£2kAdventure Residential Weekend