THE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES, ISLE OF WIGHT

Registered charity 228856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organising events and classes to enable women to develop new skills and to give them opportunities to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: ISLE OF WIGHT

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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Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£45k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,030.40 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £299,587.93. The trustees attribute this difficult financial year to a significant drop in income, particularly from fundraising events due to adverse weather, alongside substantial expenditure on property repairs and catering hardware. Despite the deficit, the charity holds £52,000 in reserves set aside for property repairs and working capital, and the trustees remain positive about future membership growth.

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 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.

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
Risk management
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

SUSAN BISSchair
Angela Lindsay Rowlands
Carol Jones
Carys Gladdish
Catherine Absolom
DOROTHY ORMEROD MASKELL MBE
Georgina Mary Moon
Marion Tuck
Susan Helen Boner
Susan Lesley Williams
VALERIE ANNE ANDREW

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£45k
31/12/2024	£44k	£38k
31/12/2023	£40k	£37k
31/12/2022	£40k	£40k
31/12/2021	£25k	£27k

Common questions

Is THE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES, ISLE OF WIGHT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,030.40 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £299,587.93. The trustees attribute this difficult financial year to a significant drop in income, particularly from fundraising events due to adverse weather, alongside substantial expenditure on property repairs and catering hardware. Despite the deficit, the charity holds £52,000 in reserves set aside for property repairs and working capital, and the trustees remain positive about future membership growth. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

CUMBRIA-WESTMORLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £52k
THE CORNWALL COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £126k
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES income £91k
THE AVON COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £93k
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £75k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES, ISLE OF WIGHT	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CUMBRIA-WESTMORLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£52k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE CORNWALL COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMENS INSTITUTES FY2025	£91k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AVON COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£93k	—	0	unclear	—	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

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