1st Hardwick Guide Unit

Analysis

1st Hardwick Guide Unit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Hardwick Guide Unit reported income of £15k and spending of £26k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,756 to £15k (+301%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 1st Hardwick Guide Unit sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sackville Lodge 1619 Benevolent Fund (£15k), Girlguiding Sutton Division (£15k) and Friends of Mobberley School (£15k).