WOMEN AND HEALTH

Registered charity 296262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Women and Health is a charity working in the London Borough of Camden. It provides low cost complementary and alternative medicine treatments and counselling services for women living or working in the borough. (Counselling for women living or seeing a GP in the borough). W&H provides well being classes, advisory GP and outreachs services to isolated and housebound women.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN RESIDENT IN SOMERS TOWN AND CAMDEN TOWN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH WOMEN ABOUT ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THEIR HEALTH.

Area of benefit: SOMERS TOWN AND CAMDEN TOWN

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£281k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £54,239 for the year, with unrestricted reserves depleted to £88,558. The trustees note that reserves are currently being used to cover unrestricted expenditure and highlight risks related to lease uncertainty and dependence on a major NHS contract. However, they assert that the charity will remain in operation for the next twelve months based on projected cashflows and fundraising efforts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Contract agreements (64% of income)
“Our three main sources of income were contracts (64%), donations and grants (17%) and our own activities, particularly room hire (10%).” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Although our reserves have been exhausted and we are currently using our Operational Sustainability Fund, this will ensure that the charity will remain in operation for the next twelve months.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 48
  • Government income: £170,910 — contracts £160,310 (1), grants £10,600 (2); 61% of the £281,266 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £179,299 — contracts £156,096 (1), grants £23,203 (1); 65% of the £274,268 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £166,095 — contracts £166,095 (2); 56% of the £295,339 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Women + Health (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£281k£336k
31/03/2024£274k£320k
31/03/2023£295k£320k
31/03/2022£287k£302k
31/03/2021£321k£292k

Common questions

Is WOMEN AND HEALTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £54,239 for the year, with unrestricted reserves depleted to £88,558. The trustees note that reserves are currently being used to cover unrestricted expenditure and highlight risks related to lease uncertainty and dependence on a major NHS contract. However, they assert that the charity will remain in operation for the next twelve months based on projected cashflows and fundraising efforts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WOMEN AND HEALTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOMEN AND HEALTH as a grant recipient include THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2025£5k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£500The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Camden Council25/09/2024£10kGrant to Women and Health
London Borough of Camden25/09/2024£10kGrant to Women and Health
Camden Giving25/10/2019£61kGreen Fingers - Calm Minds
Camden Giving02/10/2018£10kEarthworks Camden
The National Lottery Community Fund13/03/2013£460kThe Women and Health Phoenix Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/06/2009£10kAcupuncture for Sheltered Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2006£4kHealth Project for women with learning difficulties

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOMEN AND HEALTH£281k—0unclear—noted
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2026£850k—0unclear—no doubt
WELLBEING OF WOMEN FY2025£2.4m——below—no doubt
TYNESIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH FY2025£297k—0unclear—no doubt
WELL WOMEN CENTRE FY2025£809k—0unclear—no doubt
WEST HAMPSTEAD WOMEN'S CENTRE FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt

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