Guides Cymru

Analysis

Guides Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wales. It was registered in January 1972, 54 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Guides Cymru reported income of £747k and spending of £418k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £398k to £747k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Guides Cymru sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shadwell Childcare Limited (£747k), Alverbridge Nursery (£747k) and The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School (£746k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 35% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £263k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £448k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.