The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Guide Association

Registered charity 306016 Registered since 1961

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

14 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 14General Charitable Purposes 14Recreation 13Amateur Sport 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 2

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£34.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

273 from 280 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.girlguiding.org.uk
Emailinfoteam@girlguiding.org.uk
Phone02078346242
Address17-19 Buckingham Palace Road, LONDON, SW1W 0PT

Finances

£34,217,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£19,486,000£19,679,000
2021£24,775,000£25,192,000
2022£25,847,000£28,585,000
2023£30,232,000£30,655,000
2024£34,217,000£30,295,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN TO HELP THEM DEVELOP EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER WORLD.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 14/12/1922AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 26/10/1949AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 27/04/1960AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 04/09/1981AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 20/07/1993AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 16/12/1993AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 10/07/2013AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 30/03/2015AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 14 FEB 2018

Trustees (14)

14trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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