NATIONAL WOMEN'S REGISTER

Registered charity 295198 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N W R

NWR is a social organisation for women. It offers membership to women to join a local group or to become an independent member. Members take part in informal local group or online discussions and national and area workshops and conferences on a wide range of topics.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF BOTH URBAN AND RURAL LIFE FOR THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 reported a net income increase, with total funds rising to £209,243 at year-end 2025, supported by a 31.9% increase in enquiries and stable membership retention. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains free reserves of £86,858, which exceeds the stated minimum policy requirement of £69,500, indicating a stable financial position despite demographic challenges.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Women's Register (NWR) (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deirdre Anne McCarthychair
• Heather de Lacey
• Janet Teresa Fuller
• Marion Watts
• Vicki Anne Barber

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN.

• THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF ENGLAND, WALES, JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN income £4.0m
• NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE LIMITED income £1.4m
• NORTH YORKSHIRE WEST FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE income £122k
• THE NORFOLK FEDERATION OF WIS income £101k
• WOMEN'S INSTITUTES - GLOUCESTERSHIRE FEDERATION income £226k
• THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES income £138k

Side by side with its peers

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