THE WOW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The WOW Foundation is a charity that believes a gender equal world is desirable, possible and urgently required. Through festivals, events and more, our global movement celebrates women and girls, taking a frank look at the obstacles they face and discussing solutions for change.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £277,889, comprising £180,550 in restricted funds and £97,339 in free general reserves. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of a minimum of three months of operating costs, currently valued at approximately £153,000. The current free reserves are below this stated policy target, with trustees expecting to achieve the required level within the next two years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11355846

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROSE, Alison, Dame — director, appointed 22/04/2025not on trustee list
• TOKSVIG, Sandi — director, appointed 22/07/2024not on trustee list
• AFZAL, Nazir — director, appointed 03/03/2022on trustee list
• IMAFIDON, Anne-Marie Osamwenze, Dr — director, appointed 15/12/2021not on trustee list
• OKORO, Sandie — director, appointed 16/06/2021on trustee list
• HAVILAND, Shevaun — director, appointed 13/02/2020on trustee list
• COLLIER-KEYWOOD, Richard David — director, appointed 13/02/2020on trustee list
• HASSAN, Nusrath — director, appointed 19/02/2019on trustee list
• REEVES, Barbara — director, appointed 27/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sandie Okorochair
• BARBARA REEVES
• DR VANESSA JANE OGDEN
• Dame Alison Rose DBE
• Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
• NUSRATH HASSAN
• Nazir Afzal · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard David COLLIER-KEYWOOD · trustee of 4 other charities
• Sandi Toksvig OBE
• Shevaun Haviland · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WONDER FOUNDATION.

• WONDER FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• WOW YOUTH MUSICAL THEATRE income £126k
• ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION income £153k
• WONDERFUL GIFT LIMITED income £62k
• THE OLWYN FOUNDATION income £200k
• THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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