1st Brabourne and Smeeth Girl Guides Association

Analysis

1st Brabourne and Smeeth Girl Guides Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Brabourne and Smeeth Girl Guides Association reported income of £18k and spending of £20k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £18k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Brabourne and Smeeth Girl Guides Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ralph Butterfield County Primary School Fund (£18k), St Luke's Parent Staff Association (£18k) and Friends of Kirkbymoorside CP School (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.