WEST HAMPSTEAD WOMEN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1085824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide safe and supportive space for all women to meet and reduce isolation; activities aimed towards preventative health, education and Crisis Intervention; Asian and Somali women's group, Irish women's support group, Rape and Sexual Assualt Group,Nurse,CAB surgery,Asian Women's Health Calendar,Workshops, Volunteer's Project, Gardening Project, Massage, Cancer support Classes and Events.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN IN AND AROUND THE AREA KNOWN AS CAMDEN BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST WOMEN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH, WELFARE, HOUSING AND OTHER SOCIAL BENEFITS.

Area of benefit: CAMDEN

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £32,038 for the year, which was met from reserves to ensure continuity of services. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £341,506, with £123,119 held as free reserves, against a policy target of £70,000. The trustees remain satisfied that the charity is financially stable and well-positioned to meet its objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Jackson Nicholas Assie Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/07/2023, 153 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The London Borough of Camden — “We would like to say a huge thank you to the following funders and supporters for their help: Funders The London Borough of Camden” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNIFER BROWNchair
• CLAUDIA BLACKETT
• Claire Lintingre
• SHAHEDA MULTANI
• Victoria Lea

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELL WOMEN CENTRE.

• WELL WOMEN CENTRE income £809k
• THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON income £474k
• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £850k
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• WEST CORNWALL WOMEN'S AID income £841k
• STOCKPORT WOMENS CENTRE income £641k

Side by side with its peers

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