Basingstoke Guides

Analysis

Basingstoke Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tadley. It was registered in July 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Basingstoke Guides reported income of £13k and spending of £21k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £736 to £13k (+1653%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 793%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Basingstoke Guides sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jerusalem Academy Trust (£13k), Friends & Parents of Hormead School Committee (£13k) and Friends of Furzefield (£13k).