LANCASHIRE WOMEN
Registered charity 1100976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST LANCASHIRE WOMEN'S CENTRES, LANCASHIRE WOMEN'S CENTRES, THE WOMENS CENTRE FOR BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT
Lancashire Women's Centres offer support in a non-judgemental, confidential and safe environment. Services include complex casework, mental health interventions, money, benefit and debt advice, training, mentoring and volunteering opportunities. We are open to all women but have specific focus on those with mental health needs and those with an offending history. We have 5 bases in Lancashire.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £217,664 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £1,683,306. The trustees consider the level of general unrestricted funds to be within their stated policy target of holding between 3-6 months of running costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Total emoluments between £60,000 and £70,000 1 -” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: 2025 2024 Number Number Total emoluments between £60,000 and £70,000 1 -” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income)
“Charitable activities 3 2,392,290 1,474,157 3,866,447” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £1.5m)
“The Trustees therefore consider it both prudent and realistic to hold general funds of between 3-6 months running costs within which 3 months should be cash balances.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Smith & Goulding Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report details 22,744 therapy sessions conducted through the NHS Talking Therapies programme.
“22,744 therapy sessions were conducted through our NHS Talking Therapies programme”
The report claims 75% of women in the Recalls Project were not recalled to custody after their second intervention.
“75% of women were not called back to custody after their second intervention”
The report states the charity saved service users £404,106 in 2024-2025.
“In 2024 - 2025, we saved service users £404,106 of which, energy savings accounted for £224,709”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lancashire Women (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Siobhan Collingwood — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Suzanne Murray — Head of Programme & Partnership Development (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- LYNETTE HARWOODchair
- Amelia Lee
- Dr Charlotte Barrow
- Howard Hamilton-Smith
- Laura Brown
- Pauline Geraghty MBE
- Robert Dickinson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LANCASHIRE WOMEN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £217,664 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £1,683,306. The trustees consider the level of general unrestricted funds to be within their stated policy target of holding between 3-6 months of running costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Smith & Goulding Limited.
What does the highest-paid employee of LANCASHIRE WOMEN earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.
Who funds LANCASHIRE WOMEN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LANCASHIRE WOMEN as a grant recipient include SMALLWOOD TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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