It is the country's largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women with 61,375 members in 3,500 units throughout Scotland.

This led to a more specific demand for "something for the girls" at the Crystal Palace Rally in 1910, despite work already in place to bring these changes around.

[5] The first registered Girl Guides in Scotland were the 1st Peebles Patrol, formed in 1910, and founded by Lady Erskine.

In 2016[Needs updating] the membership was over 60,000 members and registered volunteers, making up the largest voluntary organisation for girls and women in Scotland.

[10] Girlguiding Scotland is a charity and is funded by fundraising, grants, membership subscriptions and a trading arm.

[11][12] Girlguiding Scotland became independent in 1933 and in 1939 moved its headquarters to Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, where it remains today.

[14][15][16] Netherurd was Girlguiding Scotland's primary activity centre, where thousands on girls and young women held camps, and sleepovers; however it was sold in 2021.