FORTUNA FEMALE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1213200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fortuna Female Society provide supper clubs helping women step out of isolation and reconnect with others. Provide safe, trusted spaces. Including Domestic Abuse Peer Support Cafe, wellbeing sessions, confidence building and our group for girls aged 11 to 17 and their female carers to promote healthy relationships.

Objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO [IS][ARE]:1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF WOMEN IN THE BOROUGH OF HALTON, AND SURROUNDING AREA, WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED ON GROUNDS OF THEIR GENDER, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED;(B) ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITIES AND SKILLS;(C) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION; AND (D) INCREASING THEIR EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.(2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX OR GENDER, TO INCREASE THEPARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,441 for the period, resulting in total funds of £41,505 at year-end. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted free reserves were £2,081 after excluding tangible fixed assets, with a proposed policy to hold reserves equivalent to three months of normal unrestricted operating expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Mersey Care Trust — “Make it Mindful Art is funded by Mersey Care Trust” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Elizabeth Joneschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Anne Kearney
• Laura Jane Bevan
• Louise Nulty
• Sarah Johnson Griffiths

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

Operates in: Halton

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Government & lottery funding

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