The Guide Association Somerset

Analysis

The Guide Association Somerset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Guide Association Somerset reported income of £51k and spending of £62k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £51k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Guide Association Somerset sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ancells Farm Community Pre-School (£51k), Chuckery Education Support Trust (£51k) and European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (£51k).