THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1036497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE WEST SUSSEX

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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Latest income

£138k

Latest spending

£110k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Federation Chair states that the organization's finances are sound and highlights the successful completion of the Denman House refurbishment. The accounts note that the federation has a new staff team and continues to support its members through various initiatives and events.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Jones Avens Ltd. 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£678k

Total spending

£112k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bridget Julie Kearns
Deborah Ruse · trustee of 1 other charity
Pamela Frances Tedder
Rosemary Hunter
Rosemary Jane Williams
YVONNE EUNICE PRICE

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£138k	£110k
31/03/2024	£95k	£108k
31/03/2023	£678k	£112k
31/03/2022	£65k	£80k
31/03/2021	£129k	£138k

Common questions

Is THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Federation Chair states that the organization's finances are sound and highlights the successful completion of the Denman House refurbishment. The accounts note that the federation has a new staff team and continues to support its members through various initiatives and events. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Jones Avens Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/02/2008	£4k	The Moral Maze

Charities like this

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

WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION income £226k
NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £138k
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £107k
THE MIDDLESEX FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £258k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION FY2025	£226k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.