KAIROS WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER

Registered charity 1136695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KAIROS WWT

Kairos Women Working Together (Kairos WWT) is a specialist women's organisation in Coventry. We support and advocate for women facing multiple disadvantge; those with complex unmet needs, including women at risk of and subject to sexual exploitation. We empower women to increase their safety, stability, self-belief, and self- reliance to build lives free from abuse and exploitation.

Objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£553k
Latest spending
£541k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £289,987, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to meet their stated policy target of keeping between three to six months' core running costs. The charity reported a net income of £12,375 for the year, with total funds carried forward of £340,670, indicating a stable financial position despite increased demand for services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Ministry of Justice (30% of income)
“Ministry of Justice £163,819” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months’ core running costs (held: £290k)
“The charity will aim to keep between three to six months’ core running costs in unrestricted reserves.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £284,668 — grants £284,668 (5); 51% of the £553,247 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £291,852 — grants £291,852 (5); 53% of the £553,059 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 17
  • Government income: £137,453 — grants £137,453 (4); 29% of the £473,719 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kairos Women Working Together (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£553k
Total spending
£541k
Cost of raising funds
£150
Reserves (reported)
£290k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£553k£541k
31/03/2024£553k£480k
31/03/2023£474k£422k
31/03/2022£362k£384k
31/03/2021£319k£304k

Common questions

Is KAIROS WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £289,987, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to meet their stated policy target of keeping between three to six months' core running costs. The charity reported a net income of £12,375 for the year, with total funds carried forward of £340,670, indicating a stable financial position despite increased demand for services. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KAIROS WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KAIROS WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER as a grant recipient include SMALLWOOD TRUST, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BROOK TRUST, ROSA FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2025£61k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£48kPenal Affairs
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£35kRelief of Poverty
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£34k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2023£25k
ROSA FUNDFY2025£25kStand With Us Fund
ROSA FUNDFY2024£25kStand With Us Fund
ROSA FUNDFY2023£25kStand With Us Fund
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2025£20kTo support young women, aged 18-25, at risk of sexual exploitation
THE SHELDON TRUSTFY2024£10kYouth Development
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2023£10kTo support young women, aged 18-25, at risk of sexual exploitation
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2022£7k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2022£7kTo provide specialist homelessness support to women in Coventry
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2021£7k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£5kRelief of Poverty
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kGrants to institutions
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2025£4kRelief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2023£2kGrants to institutions
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kRelief of Poverty
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kCare and Social Welfare
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2024£1kTo support young women, aged 18-25, at risk of sexual exploitation
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2025£1kGrants: Relief in need
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£500Social Welfare
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£500Social Welfare
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£500
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2024£100Grants: Relief in need
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2026£500kKairos Together
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2023£339kFeeling Safe
UK government01/04/2022£60kWomen's Community Sector Organisations Core Costs Funding 2022/25
UK government02/10/2019£100kTampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£365kFeeling Safe
UK government01/07/2019£10kTampon Tax Community Fund
UK government01/02/2019£10kWomen Side by Side
The National Lottery Community Fund14/11/2014£385kKairos Women Working Together
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2011£346kKairos Women Working Together
UK government—£9kWomen First Innovation Fund

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 WOMEN ACTING IN TODAYS SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KAIROS WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER£553k—0above—no doubt
WOMEN ACTING IN TODAYS SOCIETY FY2025£600k£55,1941above—no doubt
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£1.0m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2026£850k—0unclear—no doubt
IKWRO WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANISATION FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt

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