WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE

Registered charity 1070606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q111975308 · also known as WRC

The Women's Resource Centre is a charity which supports women's organisations to be more effective and sustainable. We provide training, information, resources and one-to-one support on a range of organisational development issues. We also lobby decision makers on behalf of the women's not-for-profit sector for improved representation and funding.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF WOMEN WHO ARE IN NEED BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION AND SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£946k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,013,221 from £819,773 in the prior year, with unrestricted reserves rising to £199,401. The trustees consider the charity's policy of holding three to six months' running costs (£150,000 - £300,000) to be met by the current unrestricted reserve. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One (2024: Nil) employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between £60,000 - £69,999.” — page 63
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One (2024: Nil) employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between £60,000 - £69,999.” — page 63
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months' running costs (reserves figure: £199k)
“The trustees’ policy is to hold sufficient funds to cover three to six months' running costs.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee paid for professional services (sculpture) in prior year; no current year payment.
“There are no related party transactions to disclose for 2025 (2024: £750). One charity trustee, Helen Harrigan, was paid £750 for crafting the Woman of Achievement Award Sculpture in the previous year.” — page 63
“One trustee introduced WRC to John Lewis & Partners which led to WRC receiving the gift of furniture valued at £5,000 in the accounts as a Gift in Kind” — page 63
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee introduced donor leading to gift in kind.
“There are no related party transactions to disclose for 2025 (2024: £750). One charity trustee, Helen Harrigan, was paid £750 for crafting the Woman of Achievement Award Sculpture in the previous year.” — page 63
“One trustee introduced WRC to John Lewis & Partners which led to WRC receiving the gift of furniture valued at £5,000 in the accounts as a Gift in Kind” — page 63
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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: 3
  • Government income: £453,782 — contracts £30,000 (1), grants £423,782 (2); 45% of the £1,013,221 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £289,091 — grants £289,091 (3); 35% of the £819,773 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £219,868 — contracts £30,000 (1), grants £189,868 (1); 34% of the £655,817 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Women's Resource Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£946k
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£249k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£946k
31/03/2024£820k£736k
31/03/2023£656k£663k
31/03/2022£652k£827k
31/03/2021£1.0m£642k

Common questions

Is WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,013,221 from £819,773 in the prior year, with unrestricted reserves rising to £199,401. The trustees consider the charity's policy of holding three to six months' running costs (£150,000 - £300,000) to be met by the current unrestricted reserve. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE as a grant recipient include FONDATION CHANEL, ROSA FUND, SMALLWOOD TRUST, THE KIAWAH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FONDATION CHANELFY2022£338k
FONDATION CHANELFY2023£338k
ROSA FUNDFY2022£50kWomen Thrive Fund
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2023£20k
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£18k
THE KIAWAH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15kProvision of health, education and empowerment programs for women and girls, and research and awareness building of gender equality and impactful philanthropy b
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£10kHolloway Park Women's Building partnership and Tender
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2022£7k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2025£745
THE KIAWAH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023amount not statedProvision of health, education and empowerment programs for women and girls, and research and awareness building of gender equality and impactful philanthropy b
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATESFY2021amount not statedLCR equity and inclusion partner

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Councils27/03/2024£234kAscent Prevention Project
London Councils24/11/2021£758kAscent Support Services to Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2020£79kProtecting women & girls against increased vulnerabilities due to Covid-19
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2020£100kCivil Society Roots
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/08/2019£81k"Sisters doing it for Themselves"
City Bridge Foundation21/12/2017£24kGrant to Women's Resource Centre
City Bridge Foundation20/03/2017£49kGrant to Women's Resource Centre
London Councils15/02/2017£963kThe ASCENT project (This stands for Amplifying, Supporting, Capacity building, Engaging, Networking, Training)
City Bridge Foundation24/05/2016£220kGrant to Women's Resource Centre
City Bridge Foundation09/07/2015£25kGrant to Women's Resource Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2014£10kStrengthening collaboration to promote substantive equality
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2012£10kRaising Awareness of CEDAW in the North East
City Bridge Foundation17/11/2011£114kGrant to Women's Resource Centre
City Bridge Foundation08/09/2011amount not statedGrant to Women's Resource Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund07/11/2007£722kWomen's Sector Influencing Policy Project (WSIPP)
The National Lottery Community Fund07/11/2007£494kBuilding a Sustainable Women's Sector (BASWS)
The National Lottery Community Fund13/07/2004£209kDevelopment of MF/2/000302722 - Information Project

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 THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE£1.0m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£85k—0unclear—no doubt
WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE FY2025£575k—0unclear—no doubt
TEESVALLEY WOMENS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£387k—0above—no doubt
HILLINGDON WOMEN'S CENTRE FY2025£273k—0below—no doubt
THE CIRCLE OF WOMEN FY2025£298k—0unclear—no doubt

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