PHOEBE

Registered charity 1135541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ZIMBABWE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE

We offer specialist advice, information, casework, advocacy, counselling, freedom progamme and ESOL classes for women. We help BME women find safe temporary accommodation when fleeing domestic violence. We signpost women for immigration advice.We have weekly children's activities promoting confidence and building self esteem of all girls in Suffolk . We work with vulnerable women in Zimbabwe.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £433,804, which is above the stated policy target of £35,607. However, the charity reported a net expenditure for the year and significantly reduced cash balances to £6,795 following the purchase of a freehold property.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Coutts Foundation — “The Coutts Foundation” (source page)
• Postcode Places Trust — “Postcode Places Trust” (source page)
• NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB — “NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB” (source page)
• Suffolk Community Foundation — “Suffolk Community Foundation” (source page)
• Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths — “Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths” (source page)
• East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust — “East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust” (source page)
• Lottery Community Fund — “Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Lloyds Bank Foundation — “Lloyds Bank Foundation” (source page)
• Suffolk Police Crime Commissioner — “Suffolk Police Crime Commissioner” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sanna Chinenyangachair
• Ivy Yamba Chikoti
• Keren Obumneke Ozor
• Tanyaradzwa Tapera
• Yemisrach Zekarias

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

Operates in: Suffolk · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).