THE TYNE AND WEAR SOUTH FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1099003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We play a unique role in educating women and enabling them to build new skills, to take part in wide ranging activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION SHALL BE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN TYNE & WEAR AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: TYNE & WEAR AND ELSEWHERE

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £5,372 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing its total unrestricted funds to £38,125. The trustees describe the financial position as healthy, noting that the charity maintains a positive balance to cover expenses without needing to draw down on reserves. An independent examination was conducted, and no matters requiring attention were identified.

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 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04650948

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.

• THOMPSON, Lorraine — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
• PARKER, Christine — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
• CURRY, Jannette — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• HORNE, Paula — director, appointed 28/08/2025on trustee list
• FEE, Cheryl — director, appointed 15/08/2025on trustee list
• FULLERTON, Margaret — director, appointed 08/04/2019on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Elaine — director, appointed 01/06/2017on trustee list
• RUSSELL, Judith — director, appointed 01/06/2017on trustee list
• WATSON, Katherine — director, appointed 01/05/2017on trustee list
• INGLIS, Joanne — secretary, appointed 01/04/2018

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Fee
• Christine Parker
• Elaine Wright
• Jannette Curry
• Judith Russell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katherine Watson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorraine Thompson
• Margaret Fullerton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paula Horne

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

Operates in: Gateshead · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEESSIDE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES.

• TEESSIDE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £66k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
• DURHAM COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £96k
• SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £87k
• INSPIRE WOMEN MEN AND CHILDREN income £32k
• YOUTH AND WOMEN EDUCATION TRUST income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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