SOMERSET COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1022578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

S.C.F.W.I have continued to offer opportunities for members to take advantage of many varied educational courses e.g. computer technology; food hygiene; bowls; photography etc. within Somerset.

Objects

A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN 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 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDD) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING.

Area of benefit: SOMERSET

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 movement in funds of £8,964 loss for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £482,268 to £473,304. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing financial statements, and the independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £350k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shirley Routleychair
• Anne Lane
• Brena Court · trustee of 2 other charities
• Carol Hester
• Caroline Harris
• Donna Mary Cooper
• Judith Pauline Glossop
• Lesley Porter
• Lynn Page

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

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

• THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £233k
• FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £129k
• WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION income £226k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £0
• LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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