WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1098323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN IN WATFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, ("THE BENEFICIARIES") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES

Area of benefit: WATFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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).

• Futures Group — “The principal funding sources for the charity in 2020/21 were from the following: Futures Group” (source page)

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

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leah Waterschair
• Carol Tunstall
• Jayshree Malde
• Natalie Miles-Kemp
• Nicola Cullen
• Priya Shah
• Rebecca Bansel
• Sonu Masania
• Stephanie Sykes
• Theresa Redmond

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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 WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

• WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £615k
• WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS TRUST income £4.5m
• LUTON ALL WOMEN CENTRE income £994k
• WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO income £441k
• TEESVALLEY WOMENS CENTRE LIMITED income £387k
• THE WHAT? CENTRE LIMITED income £582k

Side by side with its peers

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