WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS

Charity number: 1159255
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is dedicated to girls and young women in the world. Our diverse Movement represents ten million girls and young women from 150 countries. Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting transforms the lives of girls and young women worldwide, supporting and empowering them to achieve their fullest potential and become responsible citizens of the world.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£7,382,000

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Donations and legacies £2.06m
Charitable activities £4.93m
Other trading activities £260.00k
Investments £131.00k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£7,713,000

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Raising funds £1.74m
Charitable activities £5.98m
Other £0

£118,000 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £1.74m
Charitable expenditure £5.98m

People

73 Employee(s)

17 Trustee(s)

6 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1
£70k to £80k 1
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Antigua And Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Vincent
  • San Marino
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Kitts And Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • The Bahamas
  • The Gambia
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad And Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Venezuela
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 November 2014: CIO registration
  • 11 November 2017: Funds received from 306125 WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • WAGGGS (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

17 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Candela Gonzalez Chair 31 July 2021
None on record
Sharrada Segeran Trustee 01 August 2023
None on record
Josephine Wairimu Mwangi Trustee 01 August 2023
None on record
Fiona Marie Lejosne Trustee 01 August 2023
None on record
Dr Helga Herman Mutasingwa Trustee 01 August 2023
None on record
Signe Marie Obel Trustee 01 August 2023
None on record
Monika Dreik Trustee 01 August 2023
None on record
Sarah Ahmad Hammoud Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Faniry Domohina Rakotoarivony Trustee 26 August 2022
None on record
Chempaka Emalin Pahamin Trustee 14 August 2022
None on record
Paula Carola Neher-Old Trustee 27 July 2022
None on record
Stefanie Marie Argus Trustee 15 July 2022
None on record
Jessica Frances Bond Trustee 31 July 2021
None on record
Debra Teiko Nakatomi Trustee 31 July 2021
None on record
Fiona Maree Bradley Trustee 31 July 2021
None on record
Medhavi Chamathya Gihini Manik Fernando Trustee 31 July 2021
None on record
Christiane Rouhana Trustee 31 July 2021
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £8.88m £8.00m £4.79m £8.36m £7.38m
Total expenditure £10.25m £6.51m £5.85m £6.88m £7.71m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £3.13m £3.17m £1.74m £3.70m £2.06m
Income - Other trading activities £379.00k £137.00k £114.00k £201.00k £260.00k
Income - Charitable activities £5.17m £4.33m £2.82m £4.32m £4.93m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £204.00k £150.00k £116.00k £133.00k £131.00k
Income - Other £0 £208.00k £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £351.00k £626 £5.51k £61.96k £71.91k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £9.62m £5.97m £5.34m £5.59m £5.98m
Expenditure - Raising funds £626.00k £540.00k £501.00k £1.29m £1.74m
Expenditure - Governance £387.00k £190.00k £452.00k £832.00k £1.02m
Expenditure - Grants institution £915.00k £577.00k £1.01m £880.00k £1.04m
Expenditure - Investment management £29.00k £25.00k £26.00k £24.00k £18.17k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £4.01m £3.89m £3.76m £3.71m £3.71m
Long-term investments £5.30m £4.29m £4.93m £4.11m £4.14m
Other assets £4.05m £5.31m £3.75m £5.08m £5.60m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £2.69m £1.51m £1.14m £1.29m £2.25m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 27 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 27 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 29 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 29 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 18 NOV 2014 AMENDED ON 21 SEP 2017 as amended on 24 Aug 2021 as amended on 31 Jul 2023

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF WAGGGS IS TO FURTHER THE AIMS OF THE GIRL GUIDE/GIRL SCOUT MOVEMENT BY PROVIDING GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE IN THEIR OWN AND WORLD COMMUNITIES.

Contact information

Address:
World Association of Girl Guides
& Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
World Bureau
Olave Centre
12C Lyndhurst Road
London
Phone:
02077941181
Email:
wagggs@wagggs.org
Website:

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