LINCOLNSHIRE NORTH FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1015949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To improve the quality of life for women and their families, through lifelong learning. To advance the education of women relating to citizenship and public issues at local, national and international level. Offer a wide range of learning opportunities and encourage members to adopt healthier and sustainable life styles by supporting leisure activities, the sciences and combined arts.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMENS INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN MID LINCOLNSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE 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 the charity reported a net income of £7,532 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £252,553. The trustees consider holding unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months' expenditure to be optimal, and the current reserves significantly exceed this target. The charity is not dependent on any single funding source, with income derived from affiliation fees, charitable activities, trading, and investments.

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 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
• Investment
• 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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Borman
• DIANNE TUCKETT
• Gillian Pursey
• JEAN BURGESS
• Janet Harrison
• Maria Scott
• Michele Coley
• Sarah Freeman

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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