NORTHAMPTON COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 304418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLGUIDING NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

The Guide Association is the largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women in the UK. In Northamptonshire we have approximately 7,500 members, making us the largest voluntary youth group in the county. Members meet together, usually weekly, in units all over the county. Here they have the opportunity to take part in fun activities and new adventures.

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY GIRL GUIDES.

Area of benefit: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £726,350, which the trustees consider an acceptable level sufficient to cover a minimum of one year's administration, fundraising, and training costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £22,153 for the year, driven by voluntary income and investment returns, while total resources expended were £100,541. The trustees confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Ludlowchair
• Andrea Michelle Burton
• Christine Trasler
• ELIZABETH BELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN HAYWARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Smith
• Kacey Butlin
• Lesley Ingle
• Melissa Probert

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHESHIRE FOREST COUNTY OF THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION.

• CHESHIRE FOREST COUNTY OF THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £216k
• THE NORFOLK COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £216k
• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY income £236k
• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION LONDON AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND REGION income £1.2m
• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - HAMPSHIRE WEST income £107k
• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £31.6m

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