TAPLOW AND HITCHAM WOMEN'S INSTITUTE (BUCKS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES)

Registered charity 228130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a long-established Women's Institute with our own hall we can provide a wide range of opportunities for our members to learn new skills or follow established interests in all or any of the following activities: Art, craft, drama, indoor bowls, badminton, croquet, country dancing, table tennis, scrabble. Local Community Groups have use of our hall in evenings and at week-ends.

Objects

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE TO ENABLE WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RURAL LIFE, INCLUDING ARTS, CRAFTS AND SCIENCES, TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP CONDITIONS OF RURAL LIFE, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN CITIZENSHIP, IN PUBLIC QUESTIONS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, IN MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS AND IN ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, HANDICRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE. IT SEEKS TO GIVE TO WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION, AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

Area of benefit: TAPLOW, HITCHAM AND DISTRICT

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 the charity holds total cash funds of £33,627.08 at year-end, comprising unrestricted and restricted funds. The trustees report that membership income covers running costs, although the hall accounts incurred a deficit that was covered by reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters requiring attention came to light during the examination.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nadine Wilkinsonchair
• Catherine Barton
• Christine Smith
• Elizabeth Grover
• Jane Stevens
• Joan Vass
• Katherine Jane Jones
• Kathleen Styles
• Marilia Carvalho
• Patricia Smith
• Patricia Taylor
• Susan Burriss

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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