CUMBRIA SOUTH GIRL GUIDES

Registered charity 524504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLGUIDING CUMBRIA SOUTH, GUIDE ASSOCIATION - CUMBRIA SOUTH, WESTMORLAND GIRL GUIDES

The Guide Association as part of a world wide movement enables girls and young women to fulfil their full potential to take an active role in todays society through its distintive stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities indoors and outdoors delivered by trained volunteers.

Objects

EDUCATING 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.

Area of benefit: WESTMORLAND.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £78,486.79, which is below the charity's stated policy target of covering administration costs for a minimum of two years. The trustees report a good financial position with significant assets, noting that the charity ceased paying an annual administrative support fee to the region to save money.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Armer
• Angela York · trustee of 2 other charities
• Bridget Ducksbury
• Caroline Elizabeth Brown
• Emma Makinson
• Jane Asquith
• Lauren Boow
• Leigh Muggridge
• Michelle Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Jane Armstrong
• Rebecca Middleton
• Sarah Elizabeth Dickinson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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