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Map of charities and companies in Guildford
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Guildford and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Guildford | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- The Pirbright Instituteincome £52.7m · 10 trustees
- 1509 Groupincome £30.7m · 18 trustees
- Royal Grammar School Guildfordincome £29.7m · 18 trustees
- Effingham Schools Trustincome £25.5m · 10 trustees
- Guildford Diocesan Board of Financeincome £15.7m · 20 trustees
- Tormead Limitedincome £15.5m · 10 trustees
- Cyclists' Touring Clubincome £11.9m · 10 trustees
- National Rifle Associationincome £11.6m · 12 trustees
- The Prior's Field School Trust Limitedincome £7.7m · 8 trustees
- The Surrey Wildlife Trust Limitedincome £7.5m · 10 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- George Abbot SchoolSecondary · 1,927 pupils
- Howard of Effingham SchoolSecondary · 1,471 pupils
- St Peter's Catholic SchoolSecondary · 1,360 pupils
- Royal Grammar School GuildfordNot applicable · 1,325 pupils
- Ash Manor SchoolSecondary · 1,252 pupils
- Guildford County SchoolSecondary · 1,170 pupils
- Guildford High SchoolNot applicable · 1,027 pupils
- Tormead SchoolNot applicable · 786 pupils
The council
- GuildfordCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- Royal Surrey Nhs Foundation Trust
549 charities are registered here; the 520 that report income have a combined income of £328m and a median of £26,520. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (49)
Guildford has 49 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 49 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| David Shaw | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Ash South |
| Sue Wyeth-Price | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Ash South |
| Carla Jane Morson | Liberal Democrats | Ash Vale |
| Richard Charles Lucas | Liberal Democrats | Ash Vale |
| Fiona Jean White | Liberal Democrats | Ash Wharf |
| Philip Edward Bellamy | Liberal Democrats | Ash Wharf |
| Amanda Creese | Labour Party | Bellfields & Slyfield |
| James Walsh | Labour Party | Bellfields & Slyfield |
| George Potter | Liberal Democrats | Burpham |
| Jane Tyson | Liberal Democrats | Burpham |
| Geoff Davis | Conservative and Unionist Party | Castle |
| Maddy Redpath | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Castle |
| Richard Allen Mills | Conservative and Unionist Party | Castle |
| Catherine Young | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Clandon & Horsley |
| Dawn Bennett | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Clandon & Horsley |
| Ruth Brothwell | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Clandon & Horsley |
| Merel Astrid Rehorst-Smith | Liberal Democrats | Effingham |
| Joanne Helen Shaw | Liberal Democrats | Merrow |
| Joss Bigmore | Residents for Guildford and Villages | Merrow |
| Yves De Contades | Liberal Democrats | Merrow |
| David Bilbé | Conservative and Unionist Party | Normandy & Pirbright |
| Keith Witham | Conservative and Unionist Party | Normandy & Pirbright |
| Angela Marie Goodwin | Liberal Democrats | Onslow |
| James Harry Alfred Steel | Liberal Democrats | Onslow |
| James Owen Ashton Jones | Liberal Democrats | Onslow |
| Steven Lee | Liberal Democrats | Onslow |
| Matt Furniss | Conservative and Unionist Party | Pilgrims |
| Sallie Barker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Pilgrims |
| James Anthony Brooker | Guildford Greenbelt Group | Send & Lovelace |
| Jason Michael Fenwick | Guildford Greenbelt Group | Send & Lovelace |
| Pat Oven | Guildford Greenbelt Group | Send & Lovelace |
| Catherine Susan Houston | Liberal Democrats | Shalford |
| Dominique Louise Williams | Liberal Democrats | Shalford |
| Tom Hunt | Liberal Democrats | St Nicolas |
| Cait Taylor | Liberal Democrats | Stoke |
| Steve Hives | Liberal Democrats | Stoke |
| Vanessa King | Liberal Democrats | Stoke |
| Gillian Michelle Harwood | Liberal Democrats | Stoughton North |
| Lizzie Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | Stoughton North |
| Katie Steel | Liberal Democrats | Stoughton South |
| Masuk Miah | Liberal Democrats | Stoughton South |
| Bob Hughes | Conservative and Unionist Party | Tillingbourne |
| Danielle Newson | Liberal Democrats | Tillingbourne |
| Howard Daniel Smith | Labour Party | Westborough |
| Julia Maureen McShane | Liberal Democrats | Westborough |
| Sandy Lowry | Liberal Democrats | Westborough |
| Bilal Hassan Akhtar | Conservative and Unionist Party | Worplesdon |
| Honor Jean Brooker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Worplesdon |
| Philip Naylor Brooker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Worplesdon |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 520 largest charities here with trustee data, 128 are linked to at least one other through 118 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- 1509 Group and Royal Grammar School Guildford12 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Ash and Parish Close11 shared board members
- Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Trust and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Management Limited7 shared board members
- Royal Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Guildford and Epsom Branch Cio and Royal Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Guildford and Epsom Branch7 shared board members
- Proceeds of Sale of Heathcote Memorial School, Ash and The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Ash3 shared board members
- Proceeds of Sale of Heathcote Memorial School, Ash and Parish Close3 shared board members
- Proceeds of Sale of Heathcote Memorial School, Ash and Clara Rosalie Heathcote3 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Ash and Clara Rosalie Heathcote3 shared board members
- Parish Close and Clara Rosalie Heathcote3 shared board members
- Guildford Methodist Church and The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity with Saint Mary3 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.