HEREFORDSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1056051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H F W I

The Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes was formed in 1920 and has its office and headquarters in its own property, WI House, in Hereford. Committee meetings and some classes are held there. The office is run by the Federation Secretary with the Federation Book-Keeper and Federation Administrator who are paid employees of the Federation and by its members.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £13,244 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £123,720 to £110,476. Unrestricted reserves stood at £101,990, while restricted funds remained at £8,486. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maureen Jane Voogdchair
• Anne Stapleton
• Deborah Barber
• Jaquelynn Anne Woodhouse
• MARGARET ELAINE SIMCOCK
• VERONICA MADGEN

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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