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)

Latest income

£34.2m

Latest spending

£30.3m

Registered

1961

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£34.2m

Total spending

£30.3m

Cost of raising funds

£7.0m

Reserves (reported)

£11.4m

Employees

273

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; 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

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£34.2m	£30.3m
31/12/2023	£30.2m	£30.7m
31/12/2022	£25.8m	£28.6m
31/12/2021	£24.8m	£25.2m
31/12/2020	£19.5m	£19.7m

Common questions

Who funds THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE CADOGAN CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREEN STREET GREEN AND PRATTS BOTTOM (ST. MARY'S WITH ALL SOULS), THE JENOUR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	FY2023	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREEN STREET GREEN AND PRATTS BOTTOM (ST. MARY'S WITH ALL SOULS)	FY2022	£4k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREEN STREET GREEN AND PRATTS BOTTOM (ST. MARY'S WITH ALL SOULS)	FY2021	£75

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	13/02/2025	£3.0m	Regular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery	01/12/2023	£3.0m	Regular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery	16/02/2023	£3.1m	Regular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery	01/02/2022	£3.0m	Regular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/10/2007	£22k	"Girlguiding UK Oral History PPG"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/01/2005	£498	"This Charity Will Use An Award To Commemorate The Contribution That Members Of The Guide Association Made To The Home Front During Wwii, Fro"