The Scots Guards Charity
Analysis
The Scots Guards Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10596645). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Scots Guards Charity reported income of £332k and spending of £450k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £302k to £332k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Scots Guards Charity sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fusion Maidstone (£332k), Suffolk Animal Rescue (£332k) and London Tigers Ltd (£332k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The charities objectives are to assist and provide relief to any serving or former Scots Guardsmen, whether male or female, and their dependants, including but not exclusively, their spouses, partners, widows, widowers and parents (whether or not married) and children, parents or carers or similar persons who are in hardship or distress or need, whether such need is financial or otherwise.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Fusion Maidstone | Kent | £332k |
| Suffolk Animal Rescue | Stowmarket | £332k |
| London Tigers Ltd | Southall | £332k |
| Esk Moors Caring Ltd | Whitby | £332k |