THE CORNWALL COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1014597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C F W I

Umbrella bodyEducation/trainingArts/cultureSport/recreationEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN CORNWALL, THE ISLES OF SCILLY AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: CORNWALL, ISLES OF SCILLY AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £31,917 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven largely by the sale of a disused WI Hall. Unrestricted reserves stood at £342,402, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future deficits and continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02722754

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MARTIN, Susan Elizabeth — director, appointed 28/10/2025on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Jayne — director, appointed 28/10/2025on trustee list
• AVENT, Clare Jane — director, appointed 28/10/2025on trustee list
• PILE, Avril Gillian — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
• CAMPS, Tracey Anne — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Rachel Laura — director, appointed 18/01/2022on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Ellen Mary — director, appointed 21/10/2020on trustee list
• BAKER, Elizabeth Mary — director, appointed 21/10/2020on trustee list
• FIANDER, Wendy Jane — director, appointed 21/10/2020on trustee list
• SELLEY, Pamela Lynn — director, appointed 28/09/2016not on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Margaret Ann — director, appointed 12/02/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Avril Gillian Pile
• Clare Jane Avent
• Elizabeth Mary Baker
• Ellen Mary Thompson
• Jayne Edwards
• Margaret Ann Johnson
• Pam Selley
• Rachel Laura Andrews
• Susan Elizabeth Martin
• Tracey Anne Camps
• Wendy Jane Fiander

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).