THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - MIDLANDS
Registered charity 521781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLGUIDING MIDLANDS, GUIDE ASSOCIATION - MIDLANDS, MIDLAND REGION OF GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION
Girlguiding Midlands enables girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference in the world.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,546 from its activities in 2024, with total net income of £188,564. Per the trustees' report, the charity is heavily reliant on subscription income and aims to operate at a small loss or break even on events. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Subscriptions (64% of income)
“Subscriptions
Events
Badge and books income
2024
Guiding
activities
£
407,787
78,952
24,007”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: an amount equal to the organisation's annual expenditure (held: £1.2m)
“The minimum Free Reserves figure required is an amount equal to the organisation's annual expenditure and is reviewed annually in the light of changes to expenditure levels and the pattern of cash flows.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Guide Association of 17/19 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0PT is the leading charity for girls and young women. Girlguiding Midlands is one of a number of charities administering guiding on its behalf by The Guide Association and remitted back.
“As part of a national administrative process Girlguiding Midlands subscriptions are collected on its behalf by The Guide Association and remitted back.” — page 29
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
- Kirstie Teresa Pogsonchair
- Amelia Smith
- Claire Bampton
- Claire Eleanor Drake
- Claire Lyle
- Dr Sian Davies-Vollum
- Dyanne Sargeant
- JANICE ELIZABETH PRICE · trustee of 1 other charity
- JANITA MACKIN · trustee of 1 other charity
- Katie Jennings
- Rachel Bridge
- Sarah Jane Myers · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Leicestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION - MIDLANDS financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,546 from its activities in 2024, with total net income of £188,564. Per the trustees' report, the charity is heavily reliant on subscription income and aims to operate at a small loss or break even on events. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
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