WEST MIDLANDS FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1012552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational and social organisation for women. Offer opportunities for friendship and learning and walking together to improve quality of life in the community.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £358,814 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The trustees confirm the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, despite a net decrease in funds for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jackie Poynerchair
• Claire Woodland
• Dawn Statham
• Fiona Kathrine Northey
• LIZ GALLOWAY
• Lisa Blackburn
• Lynda Gibbon
• Lynn Smith
• Sharon Davis

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall

Income and spending

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