WEST YORKSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1017012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYFWI LTD

An educational charity for women, giving women of all ages, denomination & ethnicity the opportunity or working & learning together to improve the quality of life in their community & to enable them to develop their own skills & talents.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT

Area of benefit: WEST YORKSHIRE

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 £11,750 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £93,580. The trustees confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds free reserves of £92,580, though no formal reserves policy is stated.

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 3 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02737120

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.

• DAWSON, Christina Margaret — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
• KNOTT, Andrea Marie — director, appointed 24/04/2026on trustee list
• BUSBY, Joan Bernadette — director, appointed 16/04/2024on trustee list
• WHITEHEAD, Elizabeth Ellen Handcock — director, appointed 16/04/2024on trustee list
• LEWIS, Tracey Anne — director, appointed 18/05/2021on trustee list
• TALL, Christine — director, appointed 18/05/2021on trustee list
• COX, Helen — director, appointed 20/05/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey Anne Lewischair
• Andrea Marie Knott
• Christina Margaret Dawson
• Christine Tall
• Elizabeth Ellen Handcock Whitehead
• HELEN COX · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joan Bernadette Busby

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

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Income and spending

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