Registered charity · Hope Valley
The Girls' Brigade England and Wales
- 11 trustees
- Income £606k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Denise Elizabeth ThomasChair · since 2024
- Andrena Hylouise Elaine PalmerTrustee · since 2024
- Charlotte Louise BerryTrustee · since 2026
- Claire Jill BoxallTrustee · since 2021
- Emily BrailsfordTrustee · since 2025
- Hayley Rona FlintTrustee · since 2021
- Janice Margaret OgilvieTrustee · since 2026
- Joanne Eveline ReevesTrustee · since 2026
- Sara FaggTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah Helen HallTrustee · since 2021
- Susan Elizabeth ParkinTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.girlsbrigadeministries.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Girls' Brigade England and Wales
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£606k£593k
- 2024£574k£607k
- 2023£648k£718k
Earlier years
- 2022£541k£540k
- 2021£406k£438k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE, EXTEND AND MAINTAIN CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR PRIMARILY IN GIRLS. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMPANY GROUPS AND OTHER INITIATIVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING SUCH MEMBERS TO FOLLOW THE STANDARD SET BY JESUS CHRIST FOR THE WHOLE OF LIFE AND TO PROVIDE POSITIVE CHRISTIAN TEACHING REGARDING THE SOCIAL ISSUES FACING THEM IN THEIR GROWING AND ADULT LIVES.
Grants received
16 grants · £527,527 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £281,341 (3 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £226,503 (2 grants)
- Point North · £9,080
- Community Foundation North East · £8,850 (9 grants)
- Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation · £1,753
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Denise Elizabeth Thomas Chair since 2024
- Andrena Hylouise Elaine Palmer since 2024
- Claire Jill Boxall since 2021
- Charlotte Louise Berry since 2026
- Emily Brailsford since 2025
- Hayley Rona Flint since 2021
- Janice Margaret Ogilvie since 2026
- Joanne Eveline Reeves since 2026
- Sara Fagg since 2023
- Sarah Helen Hall since 2021
- Susan Elizabeth Parkin since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Denise Elizabeth Thomas Chair since 2024
- Andrena Hylouise Elaine Palmer since 2024
- Claire Jill Boxall since 2021
- Charlotte Louise Berry since 2026
- Hayley Rona Flint since 2021
- Janice Margaret Ogilvie since 2026
- Sara Fagg since 2023
- Sarah Helen Hall since 2021
- Susan Elizabeth Parkin since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Emily Brailsford since 2025
- Joanne Eveline Reeves since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 206655
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 JUNE 1925 AS AMENDED 18 MARCH 1950, 16 SEPTEMBER 1950, 21 NOVEMBER 1968, 1 APRIL 1969, 8 MAY 1971, 6 SEPTEMBER 1980, 14 MARCH 1998, 13 NOVEMBER 2004 & 12 MARCH 2005 AND 5 JULY 2008
- Companies House
- Company number 00206877 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01246582322 · gbco@gb-ministries.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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