The Girls' Brigade International Council

Analysis

The Girls' Brigade International Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hope Valley. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01460734). It says it makes grants to individuals and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Girls' Brigade International Council reported income of £27k and spending of £40k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,969 to £27k (+570%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 419%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Girls' Brigade International Council sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reality Youth Project (£27k), Reverend William Papillon's Charity (£27k) and Moor Lane Youth Club (£27k).

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.