NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1204475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enable women to advance their education in citizenship, in public questions both national and international, in music, drama and cultural subjects and in all branches of agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare. It seeks to give all women the opportunity of working together through the WI organisations and of putting into practice those ideals for which it stands.

Objects

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

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£117k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £4,403 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £155,872. The trustees report a secure financial situation and maintain that reserves are adequate to meet their policy target of 12 months' office expenditure. The charity continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months office expenditure, approximately £85,000 (held: £149k)

“The policy of the trustees is to maintain the unrestricted reserves of the charity in order that they should be equivalent to 12 months office expenditure, approximately £85,000.” — 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

HAZEL SMYTHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Davison
NikI Rutland
Pamela Jeanne Myers
SUSAN ANGELINE STOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
Sara Baldwin-Cole
Susan Butters · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Mavis Earl-Armstrong

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£122k	£117k
31/12/2024	£108k	£99k

Common questions

Is NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £4,403 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £155,872. The trustees report a secure financial situation and maintain that reserves are adequate to meet their policy target of 12 months' office expenditure. The charity continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES.

SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £87k
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £129k
THE NORFOLK FEDERATION OF WIS income £101k
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £138k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £0

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2024	£87k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORFOLK FEDERATION OF WIS FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.