FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1014445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ESSEX COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

To enable women to improve and develop conditions of rural life, advance their education in citizenship, in public questions both national and international, in music, drama and other cultural subjects, in all branches of agriculture, home economics, health and social welfare. It gives women the opportunity of working together and putting into those ideals for which is stands.

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Latest income
£129k
Latest spending
£150k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,955 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £437,697 to £416,742. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £415,596 are held, which they consider sufficient to ensure the continuation of activities. The filing notes that membership fees represent only a proportion of required annual income, highlighting a reliance on diverse revenue streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £125,000 (held: £416k)
the trustees agreed £125,000 being held in reserve is sufficient to ensure the continuation of the Federation's activities for the coming year.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£129k£150k
31/03/2024£180k£160k
31/03/2023£124k£141k
31/03/2022£132k£99k
31/03/2021£169k£235k

Common questions

Is FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,955 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £437,697 to £416,742. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £415,596 are held, which they consider sufficient to ensure the continuation of activities. The filing notes that membership fees represent only a proportion of required annual income, highlighting a reliance on diverse revenue streams. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CLA CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES£129k0unclearno doubt
SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2024£87k0aboveno doubt
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2024£100k0unclearno doubt
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN FY2025£4.0maboveno doubt
WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION FY2025£226k0withinno doubt
THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025£233k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.