The Guide Association Birmingham

Analysis

The Guide Association Birmingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Guide Association Birmingham reported income of £159k and spending of £148k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £126k to £159k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Guide Association Birmingham sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley Little Theatre Ltd (£159k), The Community Association for West Hampstead (£159k) and Mapplewell and Staincross Village Hall Limited (£158k).