Study Guatemala

Analysis

Study Guatemala is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Matlock. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Study Guatemala reported income of £10k and spending of £17k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £18k to £10k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Study Guatemala sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warleggan Jubilee Hall Trust (£10k), Elworthy Monksilver and Nettlecombe Community Hall (£10k) and The Bishop Spartas Memorial Trust for Education in Uganda (£10k).