STOCKPORT WOMENS CENTRE

Registered charity 1119969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our delivery method is gendered, individual and holistic offering a 'one stop shop' service to women in Stockport.We support, empower and educate women to improve their well-being and physical and mental health enabling them to have improved life chances for themselves and their families.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND ILL HEALTH FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE STOCKPORT AREA BY PROVIDING A CENTRE WHEREBY THEY CAN ACCESS ADVICE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN OUTREACH TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF STOCKPORT.

Area of benefit: STOCKPORT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £56,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £174,393. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves stood at £145,783, with £143,917 classified as free reserves after accounting for fixed assets. The trustees highlight a challenging financial future due to significant reductions in public funding and increased competition for grants.

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 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stockport 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 Pilgrim Trust — “The Pilgrim Trust Young Women’s Mental Health Programme” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Abigail Hancockchair
• Claire Milner
• HEATHER HOY
• HILARY SCOTT
• Lisa Dolling · trustee of 2 other charities
• Maria Repanos · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Powell

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID.

• STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £2.0m
• WEST HAMPSTEAD WOMEN'S CENTRE income £155k
• WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE income £575k
• WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS income £1.5m
• WELL WOMEN CENTRE income £809k
• SUNDERLAND WOMEN'S CENTRE income £91k

Side by side with its peers

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