THE DEVON FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 1191427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The WI exists to educate women, to enable them to provide an effective role in the community, expand their horizons and to develop and pass on skills. This is achieved through educational courses covering IT, cookery, craft, cultural pursuits, sport and health and many others. These are run by qualified tutors either at County level or our own Denman College.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN DEVON 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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Latest income

£175k

Latest spending

£150k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,361 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total funds increasing to £723,732. The trustees confirm the charity is in a stable financial position with strong reserves, noting an ongoing reliance on investment income which has risen substantially. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eighteen months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £724k)

“The Trustees policy is to hold sufficient free reserves to do the following: Operate for at least eighteen months should there be a downturn in income from investments, loss of membership or other events incurring loss of income.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Janet Mary Connollychair
Carol Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
Jo-Ann Middleton · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Rosser · trustee of 1 other charity
Sherrie Green · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Hodges · trustee of 2 other charities
Valerie Tribble · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£175k	£150k
31/10/2024	£147k	£152k
31/10/2023	£147k	£164k
31/10/2022	£199k	£155k
31/10/2021	£109k	£122k

Common questions

Is THE DEVON FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,361 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total funds increasing to £723,732. The trustees confirm the charity is in a stable financial position with strong reserves, noting an ongoing reliance on investment income which has risen substantially. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.