Swanage District Guides Association

Analysis

Swanage District Guides Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swanage District Guides Association reported income of £11k and spending of £7,126, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £763 to £11k (+1401%), an average of +97% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 493%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Swanage District Guides Association sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Matthew's Association of Relatives and Teachers (Smart) (£11k), The Constance Owens Trust (£11k) and Werrington Primary School PTA (£11k).