SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1025356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEFWI

The main purposes of the WI organisation are to enable women to improve and develop conditions of rural life, to advance their education in citizenship, in public question, in music, drama and other cultural subjects and in all branches of agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare. Working together to put into practice these ideals.

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; AND (III) 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 US OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND(II) 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: IN PRACTICE EAST SUFFOLK

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £6,099 for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven by an unrealised investment gain of £10,224 which offset a deficit on ordinary activities of £4,125. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £211,289, which the trustees note is higher than their stated policy target of one year's ordinary expenditure (approximately £77,000). However, the trustees acknowledge that the Federation is currently experiencing financial difficulty, with an interim budget projecting a deficit of £14,250 for the current financial year.

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
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNIFER ELIZABETH PEARSONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alice Robertson
• Anita Scruby
• Cindy Lawes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diana Rosemary Totten
• Jennifer Wightman
• Lynda Leesmith

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £129k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
• THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £0
• THE NORFOLK FEDERATION OF WIS income £101k
• THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £233k

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