West Glamorgan Girl Guides Association

Analysis

West Glamorgan Girl Guides Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending July 2024, West Glamorgan Girl Guides Association reported income of £56k and spending of £70k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2024, income grew from £46k to £56k (+21%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, West Glamorgan Girl Guides Association sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glen Tramway Preservation Company Limited (£56k), The Aurelius Charitable Trust (£56k) and Waterfront Gallery (£56k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.