Oxfordshire Federation of Women's Institute

Registered charity 1019967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OFWI, OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, OXFORDSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, OXFORDSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - O F W I

The principal activity of the charitable company is that of furthering the purpose of theWomen's Institute movement in Oxfordshire and elsewhere.

Objects

THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL AREAS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION):I. LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE;II. MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS; ANDIII. ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE;(B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:I. EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ANDII. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;(C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND(D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING.

Area of benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

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

Registered contact address: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £15,183 for the year, with total income of £189,257 and expenditure of £178,035. Free reserves excluding fixed assets and designated funds were £78,657, which the trustees considered adequate but not excessive. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02775236

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.

• JENNER, Alison Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/03/2025on trustee list
• BLACK, Deborah Clare — director, appointed 19/06/2024not on trustee list
• DIX, Hilary Frances — director, appointed 17/10/2018on trustee list
• STRAIN, Tracy Gay Pauline — director, appointed 15/05/2013on trustee list
• BAKEWELL, Mary Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/09/2010on trustee list
• DIX, Hilary Frances — secretary, appointed 16/07/2026

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TRACY GAY PAULINE STRAINchair
• Alison Jenner · trustee of 2 other charities
• Catherine Blaxhall
• Catherine Ellison
• Debbie Black
• HILARY FRANCES DIX
• Kay Shortland
• MARY BAKEWELL
• Sarah Jane Griffey
• Teresa Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Veronica Carstairs Wilson

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LANCASHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES.

• THE LANCASHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES income £125k
• THE SHROPSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £126k
• PEMBROKESHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £54k
• DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £218k
• BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £75k
• OXFORDSHIRE HOMELESS MOVEMENT income £371k

Side by side with its peers

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