FILIA

Registered charity 1163473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FEMINISM IN LONDON, FIL

Mission: To host a world-renowned annual conference, bringing together women from all around the globe. To advance the education of the public in the subject of sex-based rights and equality. To promote human rights, especially women's rights. To promote women artists, feminist and activist art, and to give voice to minority and disadvantaged women through art.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF GENDER EQUALITY BY HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE SHOWCASING SPEAKERS AND RESEARCHERS TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK AND RESEARCH.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, AND TO ELIMINATE GENDER DISCRIMINATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, USE OF THE MEDIA, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND BY HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY THE SAME MEANS AS THOSE IN 3.2(A);(C) PROMOTING ATTITUDES, CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY BY THE USE OF PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY;(D) DISSEMINATING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND SHOWCASING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC AT AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE;(E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.3.3 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND IN PARTICULAR WOMEN’S RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSESRESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUESCOMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATIONRAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUESPROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTSPROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.3.4 TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE ART OF WOMEN ESPECIALLY SOCIALLY EXCLUDED WOMEN, BY THE PROVISION OF AN ART EXHIBITION AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £8,276 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £(83,784). The trustees report that the charity held funds on hand of £(55,507) at year-end, which is below the stated reserves policy target of £12,459 (representing three months of core costs).

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £75,004 (FY2024) to £50,025 (FY2025).
• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanne Gough
• Kruti Roopel Walsh
• LISA-MARIE TAYLOR
• Ragani Jessica Lindquist
• Sally Jackson

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

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