GLOUCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 302108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLGUIDING GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

The organisation is set up as a voluntary movement for girls and women and its purpose is to enable girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference in the world. This is achieved within a mutually supportive structure of fun, friendship and personal challenge underpinned by spiritual and moral values.

Objects

THE EDUCATION OF 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

Area of benefit: COWLEY

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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Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward at 31 December 2025 amounted to £902,328, with free reserves of £375,068 held in cash. This level of free reserves is within the charity's stated policy target of £100,000, which represents approximately 12 months' running costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £2,584 for the year, having decreased total income compared to the previous year due to the absence of a legacy received in 2024.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frances Beavischair
• Alison Rachael Stinton
• BERYL ELIZABETH GLEICH · trustee of 2 other charities
• KAREN ANNE SAGE MCFARLANE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsten Rhoda Cottey
• Philippa Anne Griffin
• Sarah Louise Dalby · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £198k
• BERKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £152k
• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £154k
• ANGLESEY GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £34k
• GUIDE ASSOCIATION BUCKINGHAMSHIRE income £140k
• GIRLGUIDING LANCASHIRE WEST income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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