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GIRLGUIDING CAMBRIDGESHIRE WEST

Registered charity 303348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGESHIRE WEST COUNTY OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, CAMBRIDGESHIRE WEST GUIDE ASSOCIATION, COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON AND PETERBOROUGH GIRL GUIDES

Helps girls & young women to develop emotionally, mentally, physically & spiritually so that they can make a positive contribution to their community & the wider world.

Objects

INSTRUCTION OF GIRLS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE,LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

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
£101k
Latest spending
£89k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £460,591 at the end of the year, an increase from £448,355 in the prior year. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds available for use at the discretion of the trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintained at a level that will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the charity’s current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised (held: £23k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level that will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the charity’s current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees are involved with the running of individual guide units which are members of this charity, and some family members of those trustees will be guides in those units. Transactions are conducted at arms length.
“In particular some of the trustees are involved with the running of individual guide units which are members of this charity, and some family members of those trustees will be guides in those units.” — page 17
Per its FY2024 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: Cambridgeshire · Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£101k£89k
31/12/2023£79k£71k
31/12/2022£83k£97k
31/12/2021£78k£66k
31/12/2020£334k£52k

Common questions

Is GIRLGUIDING CAMBRIDGESHIRE WEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £460,591 at the end of the year, an increase from £448,355 in the prior year. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds available for use at the discretion of the trustees. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 DAIWA ANGLO-JAPANESE FOUNDATION1£4k
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
GIRLGUIDING CAMBRIDGESHIRE WEST£101k—0unclear—no doubt
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION FY2024£248k—0unclear—no doubt
GUIDE ASSOCIATION BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FY2025£228k—0above—no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - HAMPSHIRE WEST FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY FY2024£236k—0unclear—no doubt

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