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WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO

Registered charity 1160161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE AIM TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY DISENFRANCHISED FROM ACCESS TO EXISTING SERVICES, TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR LEISURE, WORK AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING GROUP WORK WHERE WOMEN AND GIRLS CAN MEET, HAVE FUN, LEARN NEW SKILLS AND LOOK AT ISSUES RELEVANT TO THEIR LIVES, BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£441k
Latest spending
£375k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £65,852 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £440,635. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £23,450, which is below the stated policy target of five months of expenditure plus redundancy costs (designated at £148,846).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 5 months of the expenditure plus estimated redundancy and close down costs (held: £23k)
“The established policy is for designated unrestricted funds held by the charity to be set at 5 months of the expenditure plus estimated redundancy and close down costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West End Women and Girls Centre (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income
£596k
Total spending
£332k
Cost of raising funds
£255
Reserves (reported)
£307k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£441k£375k
31/03/2024£294k£360k
31/03/2023£417k£389k
31/03/2022£444k£360k
31/03/2021£596k£332k

Common questions

Is WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £65,852 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £440,635. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £23,450, which is below the stated policy target of five months of expenditure plus redundancy costs (designated at £148,846). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government23/07/2020£27kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government28/02/2020£5kUK Youth Fund YAF