South Woodham Ferrers District Guides

Analysis

South Woodham Ferrers District Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South Woodham Ferrers District Guides reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, South Woodham Ferrers District Guides sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Turnfurlong Infant School (£16k), Friends of Brookdale Parent Teacher Association (£16k) and Locking Stumps CPS Parent Teacher Association (£16k).

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.