WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS

Registered charity 1048788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMENS HEALTH MATTERS

Working with disadvantaged and vulnerable women, girls and families including those: experiencing domestic violence & abuse; with children in care; seeking asylum or refugees; with learning disabilities; with complex needs or mental health and wellbeing needs; who are pregnant or parents. We specialise in group work, peer support, and providing one-to-one support taking a trauma-informed approach.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL OF WOMEN IN LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR TO EDUCATE SUCH WOMEN ABOUT HEALTH AND RELATED MATTERS

Area of benefit: LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,279 for the year, with total income of £849,500 against total expenditure of £871,779. Free reserves stood at £389,743, which the trustees calculated as 5.36 months of running costs, falling within their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a proper understanding and no matters were noted that would require further attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02835637

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• POPPLE, Jade Elizabeth — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Megan Kathryn — director, appointed 15/12/2025on trustee list
• MZIRAY, Loli Sara-Ann — director, appointed 03/12/2025on trustee list
• MONTAGUE-MILLAR, Hannah — director, appointed 17/10/2025on trustee list
• HARFORD, Lydia Grace — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Georgia — director, appointed 25/06/2025on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Lucy Hannah — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• LEVER, Carol — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• ANGELI, Federica, Professor — director, appointed 04/12/2023on trustee list
• WARD, Aimee May — director, appointed 25/05/2023on trustee list
• RHODES, Nicola Louise — director, appointed 18/01/2023on trustee list
• FEARON, Amita — director, appointed 24/11/2020on trustee list
• SALAHUDDIN, Sarah — director, appointed 24/11/2020on trustee list
• JONES, Hannah Mary — director, appointed 10/10/2013on trustee list
• WALKER, Bridget Ann — secretary, appointed 19/09/2019

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Mary Joneschair
• Aimee Ward
• Amita Fearon
• Carol Lever
• Georgia Griffiths
• Hannah Montague-Millar
• Jade Popple
• Loli Sara Ann Mziray
• Lucy Hannah Graham
• Lydia Grace Harford
• Megan Fletcher
• Nicola Louise Rhodes
• Professor Federica Angeli
• Sarah Salahuddin

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS.

• WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS income £1.5m
• HAVERING WOMEN'S AID income £664k
• THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE income £85k
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• WOMEN'S HEALTH IN SOUTH TYNESIDE income £553k

Side by side with its peers

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