Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CAMBRIDGESHIRE EAST GUIDES 

Girlguiding, as part of a worldwide Movement, enables young girls and women to fulfil their potential to take an active and responsible role in society through a programme of activities delivered by trained volunteer leaders.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£206£204£2n/an/an/an/an/a980
31/12/21£116£117£0n/an/an/an/an/a1,000
31/12/20£107£93£14n/an/an/an/an/a1,000
31/12/19£170£161£9n/an/an/an/an/a1,000
31/12/18£158£139£19£0£0£0n/a01,288
31/12/17£154£124£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£155£131£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£141£124£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£203£184£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£189£138£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£129£108£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£84£63£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£38£32£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£61£45£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£66£38£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£42£54£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£73£43£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£90£92£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£73£80£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

www.cambseastguides.org.uk

office@cambseastguides.org.uk

01223813917

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 980 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - LOOK 2010 - County Centenary Camp
£10,000 04/03/2010
12
This group based in Cambridgeshire will use an award to fund a centenary camp that will deliver a wide range of activities such as, arts, well-being, heritage, community and adventure. The project ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/05/1967, number: 300716
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 180 days late, AR11: 23 days late,
Main office

COUNTY OFFICE
3 QUY COURT
COLLIERS LANE
STOW-CUM-QUY
CAMBRIDGE
CB25 9AU

Objectives

UNIT OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

AS DEFINED BY MAP FORMING PART OF THE OFFICIAL YEARBOOK FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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