UN WOMEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE UK

Registered charity 1162741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UN WOMEN UK NC, UNWUK NC

Supporting the work of UN Women to improve the lives of women and girls and achieving gender and empowerment of women equality globally within civil society, government and the corporate sector.Advocacy, awareness-raising, fundraising, education programmes and outreach activities in support of the above.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICULARLY BY THE INTRODUCTION OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING AND CREDIT;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS PARTICULARLY IN THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER;3. THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS’ HUMAN RIGHTS AND ELIMINATING ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

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

Causes: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £139,394, which the trustees note equates to five months of expenditure cover, meeting their policy target of three to six months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £28,032 for the year, with total income of £698,198 against expenditure of £670,166. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UN Women UK (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 29.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elaine Banton
• Jane Burkitt
• Katherine Sladden
• Kathryn Worth
• Kim Rowell
• Michaela Greene
• Michele Oliver
• Sharon Mitcheson
• Zehra Chatoo

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Women's Inclusive Team.

• Women's Inclusive Team income £647k
• EQUALITY NOW income £2.9m
• FAIR TREATMENT FOR THE WOMEN OF WALES income £211k
• FAITH AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS COALITION income £314k
• ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS income £215k
• WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £4.8m

Side by side with its peers

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