BEARSTED AND THURNHAM WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Registered charity 228182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEARSTED & THURNHAM WI, WOMEN'S INSTITUTE - BEARSTED AND THURNHAM

The main purposes 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 their education in citizenship, in public questions, in music, drama, all branches of agriculture, home economics, health and social welfare.

Objects

The objects of the WI are to further the purposes of the Women’s Institute organisation

Area of benefit: BEARSTED. THURNHAM

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts describe a successful year with increasing membership and visitor numbers. The charity maintains its hall through donations and supports various community and charitable activities. No financial statements or reserve figures are provided in the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Glynn
• Carole Moncur
• Catherine McCaskill
• DIANE MARJORIE PARR
• Gillian Tully
• Jeanette Craske
• Rita Parkinson
• SUSAN DINAH HENDERSON
• Sherralyn Franklin
• Susan Murray
• Valerie Keeler

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

Operates in: Kent

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