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THE LANCASHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1076283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LANCASHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES LTD

The principal activity is to further the purposes of the Womens Institute movement in Lancashire & elsewhere.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL AREAS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION): I. LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE; II. MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS; AND III ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE;(B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: I. EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; II AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; (C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND (D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING. OBJECTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL FEDERATION: THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN LANCASHIRE AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

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

Latest income
£125k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £18,738 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £277,818. The trustees state that unrestricted reserves are equivalent to approximately 12 months of expenditure, meeting their stated policy target of six to twelve months. The organization remains financially stable with no funds in deficit and adequate cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six and twelve months (held: £278k)
“The Trustees consider holding unrestricted reserves equivalent to between six and twelve months to be optimal. At present the unrestricted funds, excluding funds on long term deposit to generate an investment return, stand at the equivalent of approximately 12 months expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£125k£107k
30/11/2024£129k£116k
30/11/2023£117k£114k
30/11/2022£119k£130k
30/11/2021£109k£101k

Common questions

Is THE LANCASHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £18,738 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £277,818. The trustees state that unrestricted reserves are equivalent to approximately 12 months of expenditure, meeting their stated policy target of six to twelve months. The organization remains financially stable with no funds in deficit and adequate cash reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.