WOMENS ENTERPRISING BREAKTHROUGH

Registered charity 1045403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WEB CENTRE, THE WOMEN'S CENTRE, WEB

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.

Area of benefit: NORTH END OF BIRKENHEAD AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£324k
Latest spending
£297k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months expenditure (reserves figure: £224k)
“the Trustees consider that they should retain, in Unrestricted Income Funds, sufficient resources to meet four months expenditure.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“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
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

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

Total income
£514k
Total spending
£487k
Reserves (reported)
£162k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£25kWEB Merseyside Boost Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund02/04/2024£450kTrauma Recovery Hub
UK government17/07/2020£48kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2020£10kBereavement & Suicide Reduction Training
The National Lottery Community Fund12/12/2019£294kWEB Making a Difference
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2015£10kYoung Men's Group
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2012£292kWomen's Enterprising Breakthrough
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2005£104kto support women and girls with complex needs

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITSOM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOMENS ENTERPRISING BREAKTHROUGH£324k—0above—noted
BRITSOM FY2025£205kUnder £30,0000above—no doubt
BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST FY2025£3.7m£60,001 - £70,0003unclear—no doubt
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2026£850k—0unclear—no doubt
BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt

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