NORTH WALES WOMEN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1140227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The NWWC provides a safe place for women to access information, support, advocacy and training on issues relating to health, wellbeing, and work. We also provide an outreach service to women across Denbighshire and North Wales.

Objects

The company's objects (the 'objects') are: 1) To develop the capacity and skills of women of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Rhyl and North Wales, in particular but not exclusively women who have committed criminal offences or are at risk of committing criminal offences in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society. 2) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life. 3) To promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the women of North Wales, and to provide relief from financial hardship and social and/or economic disadvantage and to advance the education of women; and in particular to provide opportunities for women to participate fully in the life of their community in ways which address and alleviate social and economic disadvantage.

Area of benefit: RHYL

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

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Registered contact address: Denbighshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£258k
Latest spending
£308k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £258,161 from £322,830 in the prior year, while expenditure rose to £307,627, resulting in a net deficit of £49,466. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds fell to £94,480, which is below the stated reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure, as the previous year's expenditure was approximately £289,178.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £94k; policy: three and six month's expenditure)
“The level of reserves should therefore be maintained at this level or more throughout the year.”
Per its FY2026 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 57
  • Government income: £6,028 — grants £6,028 (1); 2% of the £258,161 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 54
  • Government income: £17,446 — grants £17,446 (3); 5% of the £322,830 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 69
  • Government income: £94,390 — grants £94,390 (1); 33% of the £287,611 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£258k£308k
31/03/2025£323k£289k
31/03/2024£288k£341k
31/03/2023£438k£461k
31/03/2022£304k£304k

Common questions

Is NORTH WALES WOMEN'S CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £258,161 from £322,830 in the prior year, while expenditure rose to £307,627, resulting in a net deficit of £49,466. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds fell to £94,480, which is below the stated reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure, as the previous year's expenditure was approximately £289,178. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTH WALES WOMEN'S CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH WALES WOMEN'S CENTRE as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY, THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST, THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWYFY2025£23k
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWYFY2024£22k
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWYFY2022£9k
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2024£700Main Project Grants
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2024amount 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£20kWALES COL - Community Coordination
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2006£288kThere is no project name available for this record

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@THEWELL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH WALES WOMEN'S CENTRE£258k—0below—no doubt
WOMEN@THEWELL FY2025£666k——unclear—no doubt
WOMEN IN WALES FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS FY2025£1.5m—0below—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE LIMITED FY2026£1.4m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE FY2025£575k—0unclear—no doubt

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