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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION NORTH WEST ENGLAND 

Girlguiding North West England enables girls and young women to develop their potential through supporting and valuing its leaders. Our vision is to widen and increase our membership to enable all girls and young women to have the opportunity to develop their potential through guiding.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are 18 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,405,313 available, equivalent to 29 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding


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Established: 53 years

www.girlguidingnwe.org.uk

northwesthq@girlguidingnwe.org.uk

01772791947

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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£629£582£46£96£1,407£1,40529109,000
31/12/21£530£562£-33£50£1,361£481119,000
31/12/20£597£597£0£43£1,394£1,35427.2119,000
31/12/19£744£762£-18£55£1,394£1,32220.81310,000
31/12/18£837£736£101£92£1,382£1,31021.41113,150
31/12/17£636£649£-14£60£1,281£1,24623100
31/12/16£619£586£33£47£1,295£1,20924.7100
31/12/15£589£532£57£45£1,262£1,16226.2100
31/12/14£863£728£135£40£1,205£1,07917.880
31/12/13£585£434£151£29£1,070£98727.380
31/12/12£430£247£183£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£655£372£283£29£729£72123.330
31/12/10£221£215£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£223£257£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£247£351£-104£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£344£240£104£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£226£234£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£232£205£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£226£164£62£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 29 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 16 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Man, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 9,000 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
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to Girlguiding North West England
£4,000 25/11/2022
Travel support for 16 Girl Guides -out of 178 applicants- to explore and learn about Japanese history and contemporary culture while building lasting connections with Girl Scouts of Japan and to ....more
Sport England - Potentials Fund
£153,860 23/10/2017
36
Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Potentials Fund'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Potentials Fund
£153,860 23/10/2017
35
Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (18)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 15/18 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/1971, number: 521654
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

GUIDING ROAD
PRESTON
PR2 5PD

Objectives

UNIT OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRESTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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