Friends of Guiding in Malden and Coombe

Analysis

Friends of Guiding in Malden and Coombe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surbiton. It was registered in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Guiding in Malden and Coombe reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £16k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Friends of Guiding in Malden and Coombe sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% 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 Caroline Haslett Primary School (£16k), Waverley Friends Assocation (£16k) and St Andrews Junior School Association (£16k).