WOMANKIND

Registered charity 297258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMANKIND-BRISTOL WOMENS THERAPY CENTRE

To provide for the relief of mental distress and the resulting suffering and isolation, experienced by women and girls (including, but not limited to, as a result of sexual abuse or violence) by the provision of information, advice and assistance.

Objects

To help women and girls improve their mental health and well-being (particularly, but not limited to those whose mental health and well-being has been affected by sexual violence or abuse), through the provision of advice and information, and the provision of free or affordable support and professional therapy, and a therapeutic environment.

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £57,662 with total income of £730,730, maintaining a financially stable position. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £327,127 exceed the stated policy target of three months' running costs plus redundancy liabilities, providing robust financial governance.

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 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Womankind Bristol Women's Therapy Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Birketts LLP Bristol — ““There are women in Bristol and the surrounding areas who need essential support. Thankfully, Womankind is there to help them , but they can…” (source page)
• Ghyston — ““Ghyston is delighted to support Womankind in their vital mission to assist women in their hour of need . We believe in standing by women wh…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Phipps
• Hazel Millar
• Heather Toyne
• Helene Titus-Gover
• Isabel Marianna Tobias · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jasmin Webb
• Jo Feather
• Lucy Robinson
• SARAH ELIZABETH BARTLETT
• Stephanie Helen Thompson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £850k
• WOMEN AND GIRLS NETWORK income £7.3m
• THE WISH CENTRE LIMITED income £269k
• WOMENS CONSORTIUM income £528k
• SOLACE WOMEN'S AID income £15.8m
• Women's Association For Networking and Development income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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