North East England Guide Association

Analysis

North East England Guide Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, North East England Guide Association reported income of £586k and spending of £480k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £235k to £586k (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, North East England Guide Association sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Footsteps Trust (£584k), Ashington Joint Welfare Scheme (£587k) and UK Armed Forces Winter Sports Association (£584k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 13%, trading 6.8% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Reserves of £955k would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.