WEST KENT FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1188341 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN WEST KENT AND ELSEWHERE.

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 finished the year with an overall deficit of £13,048, resulting in total reserves decreasing from £526,207 to £513,159. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £163,640, which is above their stated policy target range of £100,000 to £125,000. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA CAROLINE BIRD · trustee of 1 other charity
• BARBARA BICKELL
• Carol Ann Gupwell
• Diane Mary Daniels · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeannette Linda Smith
• Rita Linda King · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Anne Burn-Hilton
• Sarah Helena Sudlow
• Valerie Susan Keeler

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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