Guatemalan Families Association
Analysis
Guatemalan Families Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Princes Risborough. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending August 2025, Guatemalan Families Association reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £28k to £21k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.
Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Guatemalan Families Association sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Wimborne Trust Fund (£21k), The Diamond Trust (£21k) and Africa Foundation for Uganda (£21k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
i) to promote the care, upbringing, establishment in life and support in their birth culture of children adopted from Guatemalaii) to advance the understanding of the public in the UK and Guatemala in general about the issues relating to inter-country adoption and all parties of the adoption triadiii) to promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of Guatemala
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Rotary Club of Wimborne Trust Fund | Dorset | £21k |
| The Diamond Trust | Herts | £21k |
| Africa Foundation for Uganda | London | £21k |
| The Rotary Club of Holt and District Trust Fund | Norfolk | £21k |