Kingston District Guides

Analysis

Kingston District Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in New Malden. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kingston District Guides reported income of £26k and spending of £19k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £26k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kingston District Guides sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 10th Itchen Scout Group (£26k), 12th and 17th Medway Towns Scout Group (£26k) and Jubilee Hall (£26k).