HEAR WOMEN

Registered charity 1135763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GARGAR FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Improving Women HealthCampaigning against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM, HIV/ADIS) Community-based health, employment awareness workshops. Improving women Education organising women's networksVolunteer training sessions. Literacy and numeric, ESOL class Creating Employment opportunity for Young people

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that Hear Women reported a net deficit of £7,582.84 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in closing unrestricted funds of £698.32. The charity holds no fixed assets and relies on cash at bank to finance its current liabilities, including an overdraft. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure or indicating non-compliance with accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea · Sierra Leone · Somalia · The Gambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£66k£74k
31/12/2023£57k£74k
31/12/2022£38k£96k
31/12/2021£98k£92k
31/12/2020£153k£96k

Common questions

Is HEAR WOMEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that Hear Women reported a net deficit of £7,582.84 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in closing unrestricted funds of £698.32. The charity holds no fixed assets and relies on cash at bank to finance its current liabilities, including an overdraft. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure or indicating non-compliance with accounting records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEAR WOMEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEAR WOMEN as a grant recipient include THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2022£11kIsolation and Loneliness

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2025£20kEmpower HER
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2023£10kPositive Women- Bay 20
Sport England13/06/2022£4kTGC CF Active at Home
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2021£10kInspire
Barrow Cadbury Trust14/10/2020£29kCOVID-19 - Hear Women
UK government29/09/2020£20kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2020£10kPositive Women/Back to Women
UK government01/02/2019£10kWomen Side by Side
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2018£10kPositive Women
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2016£10kCelebrate Diversity, Celebrate US
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2015£8kKnowHow Health