WOMENS ENTERPRISING BREAKTHROUGH
Activities to promote the education, health and well-being of men, women and children including:One to One support, Social Activities, Volunteer Training and Development, Holistic Therapies, Training Courses, Young Womens' Group, Young Boys' Group, Pathways 2MPowerment Programme-Confidence, self esteem and anger management programme. Integrative Therapeutic counselling Service.
Objects
1. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR WOMEN OF THE NORTH END OF BIRKENHEAD AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, CREED, SEXUALITY OR DISABILITY. 2. TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH OF SUCH WOMEN.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £26,966 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £223,876. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover four months of expenditure, a policy target requiring £98,913. The charity remains dependent on grant income, which is subject to fluctuation, but the trustees are satisfied that incoming resources will finance anticipated activities.
What the accounts disclose
“the Trustees consider that they should retain, in Unrestricted Income Funds, sufficient resources to meet four months expenditure.” — page 12
“The charitable activities are entirely dependent on continuing grant funding and voluntary donations. As a consequence, the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of these uncertain funding streams.” — page 23
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 35
- Government income: £70,350 — contracts £70,350 (1); 22% of the £323,705 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 36
- Government income: £135,500 — contracts £95,750 (2), grants £39,750 (3); 40% of the £339,202 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 38
- Government income: £101,700 — contracts £41,850 (2), grants £59,850 (3); 20% of the £513,845 total gross income on the same return
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)
Trustees
- Jacqueline Howechair
- Dianne Mulligan
- Gaynor Williams
- JANE GRAHAM
- Marie Brunt
- SHARON MARIE STANTON
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £324k | £297k |
| 31/03/2024 | £339k | £368k |
| 31/03/2023 | £514k | £487k |
| 31/03/2022 | £459k | £398k |
| 31/03/2021 | £342k | £256k |
Common questions
Is WOMENS ENTERPRISING BREAKTHROUGH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £26,966 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £223,876. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover four months of expenditure, a policy target requiring £98,913. The charity remains dependent on grant income, which is subject to fluctuation, but the trustees are satisfied that incoming resources will finance anticipated activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 13/02/2025 | £25k | WEB Merseyside Boost Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/04/2024 | £450k | Trauma Recovery Hub |
| UK government | 17/07/2020 | £48k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/01/2020 | £10k | Bereavement & Suicide Reduction Training |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/12/2019 | £294k | WEB Making a Difference |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/09/2015 | £10k | Young Men's Group |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/03/2012 | £292k | Women's Enterprising Breakthrough |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/09/2005 | £104k | to support women and girls with complex needs |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN LYON'S CHARITY | 1 | £255k |
| POWER TO CHANGE TRUST | 1 | £129k |
| TRUST FOR LONDON | 1 | £60k |
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £50k |
| CHARLES PLATER TRUST | 1 | £45k |
| IMAGINE FOUNDATION | 1 | £34k |
| SMALLWOOD TRUST | 1 | £23k |
| THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION | 1 | £23k |
Charities like this
- BRITSOM
- BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST
- WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS
- BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
- THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION
- WESTMINSTER BANGLADESHI WELFARE TRUST (WBWT)
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOMENS ENTERPRISING BREAKTHROUGH | £324k | — | 0 | above | — | noted |
| BRITSOM | £205k | Under £30,000 | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST | £3.7m | £60,001 - £70,000 | 3 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS | £850k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES | £174k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION | £2.3m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |