Wirral Guides

Analysis

Wirral Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deeside. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wirral Guides reported income of £108k and spending of £118k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £81k to £108k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wirral Guides sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Mary's Church Polstead (£108k), The Foxglove Covert Foundation (£109k) and North Southwark Environment Trust (£108k).

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.