The British Guild of Tourist Guides Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The British Guild of Tourist Guides Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The British Guild of Tourist Guides Benevolent Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £8,168, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £16k to £20k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 British Guild of Tourist Guides Benevolent Fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Isles of Scilly Medical Launch Trust (£20k), Neuadd Bentref Llanuwchllyn (£20k) and Parkfield Lighthouse Limited (£20k).