1st Esher Friends of Guiding

Analysis

1st Esher Friends of Guiding is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Esher Friends of Guiding reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £21k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Esher Friends of Guiding sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Stapleford and Trowell Scout Group (£21k), The Richard Worsley Recreation Ground (£21k) and 1st Leven Scout Group (£21k).