THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 306016 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, GIRLGUIDING, GIRLGUIDING UK, THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM · also registered in Scotland as SC038436 (OSCR)

TO PROMOTE 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a stable financial position with a break-even result, supported by trading profits and a £3.0 million donation from Postcode Lottery players. Free reserves were held at £11.1 million, which is slightly ahead of the trustees' stated policy target of between £6 million and £10 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Guide Friendship Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (37% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Wilsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Abbie Wright
• Alison Hampton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amrita Aurora
• Deborah O'Neill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Blackburn
• Hannah Moran
• Jill Mclaughlin
• Mary Agbesanwa
• Richard Lawrence
• Sally Kettle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sue Parker-Tantush
• Supriya Sobti
• Tracy Foster · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY.

• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY income £236k
• CHESHIRE FOREST COUNTY OF THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £216k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £198k
• STOKE-ON-TRENT NORTH, STOKE-ON-TRENT SOUTH, NEWCASTLE AND LONGTON DIVISIONS OF THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £105k
• THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION LONDON AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND REGION income £1.2m
• WORCESTERSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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