THE POWYS MONTGOMERY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES CIO

Registered charity 1198900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our organisation seeks to give women in Montgomeryshire the opportunity of working together through the Women's Institute organisation in their communities, of developing their capacity and skills, and of putting into practice those ideals of fellowship, truth, tolerance and justice for which the Women's Institiute organisation stands -

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN POWYS MONTGOMERY AND ELSEWHERE. 3.2 THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE:(A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL AREAS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION): I. LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE; II. MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS; AND III. ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE; (B)TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: I. EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND II. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; (C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND (D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING. 3.3 IN CLAUSE 3.2 “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. 3.4 THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, OF DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS, AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION STANDS.

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 total assets were £40,109.73, with unrestricted reserves of £33,839.41. The trustees report that costs are rising and membership is decreasing, but the charity remains solvent with sufficient funds to cover three months of expenditure as per their policy.

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 3 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
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• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ruth Sharon Heskethchair
• CHRISTINE IRENE LEWIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• GERALDINE RUSSELL-JONES
• Helen Baker
• Janet Elizabeth Hughes
• Lisa Hamer
• MARGARET IALWEN JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pamela Mary Adcock

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

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