The Guide Association South-West England

Analysis

The Guide Association South-West England is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in December 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Guide Association South-West England reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £655k to £1.2m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. 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, The Guide Association South-West England sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Your Ambition (£1.2m), Ava (Against Violence and Abuse) (£1.2m) and Adventure Under Sail (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 8.9%, trading 7.3% and investments 2.8%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Reserves of £20.1m would cover about 199 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.