THE PANKHURST TRUST (INCORPORATING MANCHESTER WOMEN'S AID)

Registered charity 1126433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANCHESTER WOMEN'S AID, THE PANKHURST TRUST (INCORPORATING MANCHESTER WOMEN?S AID)

The Charity provides support for women and children who have suffered, and are suffering, or are in danger of suffering violence, abuse or neglect by perpetrators known to them by providing refuge and outreach services in the community. The charity also raises awareness on domestic violence with the public. The charity runs a museum of womens suffrage and provides space for social engagement

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased from £1,221,278 in 2024 to £1,089,494 in 2025. The charity holds unrestricted income funds of £444,344 (2024: £403,125). The filing was prepared under the small companies regime with auditors Slade & Cooper Ltd.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Pankhurst (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/06/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Roberts-Cherrychair
• Catherine Lois Kendall
• Dr Ashraf Kitmitto
• Emma Jane Richman · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gillian Anne Heaton
• Gillian Cowell
• Grace Emily Palfreman
• JANET PICKERING
• Joanne Harding
• Joanne Peters · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARY WATSON
• MELANIE SHARPLES
• Naomi Buckley

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST income £142k
• EMMELINE'S PANTRY income £247k
• THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST income £204k
• THE PAH FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £170k
• MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k
• COVENTRY PANAHGHAR PROJECT income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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