Smithy Green District Girl Guides

Analysis

Smithy Green District Girl Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Smithy Green District Girl Guides reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,596 to £10k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Smithy Green District Girl Guides sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharnbrook (53rd Bedfordshire) Scout Group (£10k), Cockernhoe Memorial Hall (£10k) and The Oxcroft Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute (£10k).

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.