Dorset Guide Association

Analysis

Dorset Guide Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Holton Heath. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Dorset Guide Association reported income of £114k and spending of £102k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6,738 to £114k (+1595%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 676%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dorset Guide Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundry Under Fives (£114k), St Gabriels Playgroup (£114k) and Puffin Community Nursery (£114k).