WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION

Registered charity 229211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides education and insight into arts and culture in form of classes and outings reaching members throughout the county.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£226k

Latest spending

£261k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £28,321 to £253,421, a decline attributed to CIO transition costs and falling membership. The trustees report a reserves policy to maintain current levels for management costs and emergencies, noting that while reserves can currently support the charity, there is a need to revisit offerings to address demographic challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the current level of reserves to provide sufficient cover to pay management and administration costs as budgeted and to respond to unforeseen emergency expenditure (held: £253k)

“It is, however, the Charity’s policy to maintain, if possible, the current level of reserves to provide sufficient cover to pay management and administration costs as budgeted and to respond to unforeseen emergency expenditure which may arise from time to time.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Elizabeth Goldiechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anne Course
Kathy Law · trustee of 1 other charity
Lorna Farbowski · trustee of 2 other charities
Mary Mullen
Patricia Carpenter
SHEILA ROWLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
Susan Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Wendy Custerson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£226k	£261k
30/09/2024	£223k	£210k
30/09/2023	£158k	£167k
30/09/2022	£140k	£140k
30/09/2021	£87k	£66k

Common questions

Is WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £28,321 to £253,421, a decline attributed to CIO transition costs and falling membership. The trustees report a reserves policy to maintain current levels for management costs and emergencies, noting that while reserves can currently support the charity, there is a need to revisit offerings to address demographic challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/04/2022	£4k	ACE Platinum Jubilee Picnic
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2015	£1k	GFWI Speakers Sound System

Charities like this

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

THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £138k
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £129k
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £107k
THE MIDDLESEX FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £258k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION	£226k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£138k	—	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
NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FEDERATION OF ESSEX WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.