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The Bournemouth Guide Camp Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1060476DorsetEducation and training
Income£54k2025-12-31
Spending£59ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctEducation and training
Registered1997Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Bournemouth Guide Camp Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00259058). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bournemouth Guide Camp Association reported income of £54k and spending of £59k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £54k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bournemouth Guide Camp Association sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St James School Parent Teacher Association (£54k), Friends of St Marys School (£54k) and Club Tikva (£54k).

Income and spending

£0£17k£34k£50k£67k2021 Income: £29,6102021 Spending: £35,55020212022 Income: £67,0972022 Spending: £31,00420222023 Income: £49,0182023 Spending: £53,55520232024 Income: £66,5332024 Spending: £56,74020242025 Income: £53,7192025 Spending: £58,9962025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To establish and maintain in Hampshire or Dorset one or more camps for the use of members of the Guide Association and members of such kindred societies or institutions as are approved by the charity. To achieve this the Bournemouth Guide Camp Association maintains a site for camp and pack holidays at Dudsbury, near Ferndown, Dorset.

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