WISH
WISH provides support and services to women with mental health needs within the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems, and in the community; and influences local and national policy and practice.
Objects
THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”). FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN PRISONS, SECURE UNITS OR SIMILAR UNITS; TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF SUCH WOMEN AND OF WOMEN WHO ARE AT RISK OF ENTERING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS; TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT AND TO CARRY OUT, PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE NEEDS OF SUCH WOMEN AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RAISE AWARENESS IN GENDER EQUALITY IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS; ANDTO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTIVE.
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
- Investment
- 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 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 7
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £127,330 — contracts £63,665 (1), grants £63,665 (1); 53% of the £241,691 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022
- Volunteers: 6
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Trustees
- Alexandra Phillips
- Christine Pauline Spooner
- Dhriti Suresh Eapen
- Gulveen Bagri
- Harpreet Cheema
- Megan Kathleen Webster
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | — | — |
| 31/03/2024 | £216k | £220k |
| 31/03/2023 | £242k | £237k |
| 31/03/2022 | £217k | £258k |
| 31/03/2021 | £233k | £233k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 30/06/2025 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| A B Charitable Trust | 17/06/2025 | £20k | A grant to WISH |
| A B Charitable Trust | 04/07/2024 | £20k | A grant to WISH |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/08/2023 | £9k | The Community Link Project |
| UK government | 28/09/2020 | £10k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| City Bridge Foundation | 11/11/2010 | £90k | Grant to WISH |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/03/2008 | £10k | Community Link Group |