THE WIDOWS EMPOWERMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1171317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WIDOW'S EMPOWERMENT TRUST, WET

We run a variety of programmes designed to support widows, widowers and other need due to bereavement through out their grieving process,offering emotional,social and practical support. * We provide workshop and Training ( Well being session) * Peer to peer support * Befriending/Home visit * Day out trip/Meal out* Celebrating of key dates* Promoting volunteering vision* Sign posting

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND OTHERS IN NEED DUE TO BEREAVEMENT IN THE UK AND NIGERIA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, COUNSELLING, PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING. THIS WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AGAIN AFTER THE TRAUMA OF EXPERIENCING A LOVED ONE’S DEATH AND HELP THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: UK AND NIGERIA

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's expenditure exceeded income by £22,068 for the year ended 30 September 2025. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves held were £2,049, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £5,000. Despite this deficit and low reserves, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• WELOVEMCR — “Part of our work is by public sector funding through WELOVEMCR and Neighbourhood Investment Funding (NIF)” (source page)
• Neighbourhood Investment Funding — “Part of our work is by public sector funding through WELOVEMCR and Neighbourhood Investment Funding (NIF)” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• VERONICA KEKE TRUSTEEchair
• Augustina Eze Onwugghai
• Caleb Onumara
• Ederukaye UDI
• Ese Idiegbe
• STEPHANIE ROBERTS TRUSTEE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE.

• THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE income £85k
• WAY WIDOWED AND YOUNG income £308k
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• ETHNIC MINORITIES WIDOWS/WIDOWERS ORGANISATION UK LIMITED income £41k
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £850k

Side by side with its peers

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