BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Registered charity 228057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BFWI

Provides coordination for the WI in Buckinghamshire; advances the education of women and girls in important local and national political and social issues, music, drama and other cultural subjects, agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health and social welfare; promotes sustainable development; advances health and advances citizenship by promoting civic responsibility and volunteering.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £22,040 for the year, driven by a deficit in unrestricted funds despite a surplus in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £281,797, which represents approximately 24 months of total resources expended, well above the stated policy target of 12 months. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (87% 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: 6.9% of total income.

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (10/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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

• FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £129k
• SUFFOLK EAST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £87k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
• THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
• THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £138k
• WEST KENT FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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