Guitar Aid

Analysis

Guitar Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Guitar Aid reported income of £25k and spending of £30k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £25k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Guitar Aid sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glamorgan Muslim Community Association (£25k), The Gap Cardiff (£25k) and St Albans Pentecostal (Aog) Church (£25k).