WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1098323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£575k
Latest spending
£506k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on unrestricted funds of £56,560 and reported total income of £574,557 against expenditure of £506,348. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £157,662 are currently in line with the stated policy target of approximately £122,000. The balance sheet shows a healthy position with creditors covered by current assets.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Watford Women's Centre Plus (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).

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

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

Total income
£575k
Total spending
£506k
Cost of raising funds
£689
Reserves (reported)
£158k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£575k£506k
31/03/2024£409k£489k
31/03/2023£525k£574k
31/03/2022£494k£496k
31/03/2021£469k£345k

Common questions

Is WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on unrestricted funds of £56,560 and reported total income of £574,557 against expenditure of £506,348. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £157,662 are currently in line with the stated policy target of approximately £122,000. The balance sheet shows a healthy position with creditors covered by current assets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2024£189kMy Ally
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£35kDomestic abuse support for BAME women
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2019£273kMy Ally
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2019£10kWhat Women Want
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/02/2018£10k"Spotlight on HERstory"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALTRO FOUNDATION LIMITED1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE£575k0unclearno doubt
WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£615k0unclearno doubt
WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS TRUST FY2025£4.5m0unclearno doubt
LUTON ALL WOMEN CENTRE FY2025£994k0belowno doubt
TEESVALLEY WOMENS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£387k0aboveno doubt
THE WHAT? CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£582kunclearno doubt

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