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.

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Latest income
£803k
Latest spending
£802k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £998,420 against total expenditure of £801,775, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £328,060, which equates to 4.91 months of running costs, a level the trustees consider prudent given their reserves policy target of 3 to 6 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£998k
Total spending
£802k
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£328k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£803k£802k
31/03/2024£752k£717k
31/03/2023£813k£656k
31/03/2022£529k£526k
31/03/2021£506k£442k

Common questions

Is WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £998,420 against total expenditure of £801,775, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £328,060, which equates to 4.91 months of running costs, a level the trustees consider prudent given their reserves policy target of 3 to 6 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, CHARLES PLATER TRUST, SMALLWOOD TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, THE BROOK TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
CHARLES PLATER TRUSTFY2024£25k
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£23k
CHARLES PLATER TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2024£8kEmergency/Multi-Year
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2025£1kGrant Round 3: £1,000

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/04/2025£15kMillionaire Street 2025 04w3 Year 1
Sport England05/02/2025£11k Naya Rhythm
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2024£318kBreathe Free 2
Postcode Lottery01/05/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2023£10kGrowing Together
Crowdfunder06/05/2022£2kLocal Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2021£10kYoung Snowdrops
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2021£299kBreathe Free
UK government01/04/2019£84kWomens Health Matters (WHM)
UK government01/04/2018£80kWomens Health Matters (WHM)
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2017£299kThe Key
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£169kThe key
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2011£2kVELVET (Valuing English Learning with Volunteering Experienced Teachers)
Northern Rock Foundation11/05/1999£28kGrant awarded to Women's Health Matters (Yorkshire)
UK government—£42kWomens Health Matters (WHM)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS£803k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS FY2025£1.5m—0below—no doubt
IMECE WOMEN'S CENTRE FY2025£995kOver £60,0001unclear—no doubt
WOMANKIND FY2025£749k—1above—no doubt
AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED FY2025£720k——unclear—no doubt

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