BFWG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCF, CROSBY HALL, CROSBY HALL LTD, FFWG

Awards Main Foundation Grants to help women in the final year of a PhD.Awards Emergency Grants to graduate women on a post graduate course who then face an unforeseeable financial crisis.Awards Theodora Bosanquet bursaries are offered annually to women graduates whose research in History or English Literature requires a short residence in London.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND WIDER LEARNING OF WOMEN GRADUATES

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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Latest income

£275k

Latest spending

£369k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £8,070,234, which the trustees confirmed was sufficient to maintain grant levels and cover costs for a four-to-five-year period. Although the charity reported a net expenditure of £437,218 due to an unrealised investment loss, the trustees confirmed that adequate cash reserves were maintained to manage the deficit without jeopardizing the capital base.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four-to-five-year period (held: £8.1m)

“As a result, it is the policy of the charity to hold cash funds, all of which are unrestricted, at levels that are adequate to at least maintain the level of its awards in real terms and to cover management, administrative and support costs for a four-to-five-year period.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Katrina Howell and Aisha Alshawaf are Directors of the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) and are also Trustees of the Charity. They were paid out of pocket expenses of £196 and £88 respectively (2024: £120 and £nil).

“Katrina Howell and Aisha Alshawaf are Directors of the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) and are also Trustees of the Charity. They were paid out of pocket expenses of £196 and £88 respectively (2024: £120 and £nil). There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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.

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
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FfWG - Funds for Women Graduates (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Shirley-Anne Sherriffchair
Caroline Graham
Dr Nikita Hari
Dr Rachel Elizabeth Fletcher
Felicity Selcoe
Gemma Louise Joanne Wilson-Craggs
Gillian Pamela Ramsay
Jennifer Landsberg
Olubunmi adefajo · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Cynthia Veronica Burek Cubitt
Professor Judith Aston · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£275k	£369k
31/12/2024	£279k	£344k
31/12/2023	£256k	£320k
31/12/2022	£205k	£350k
31/12/2021	£201k	£382k

Common questions

Is BFWG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £8,070,234, which the trustees confirmed was sufficient to maintain grant levels and cover costs for a four-to-five-year period. Although the charity reported a net expenditure of £437,218 due to an unrealised investment loss, the trustees confirmed that adequate cash reserves were maintained to manage the deficit without jeopardizing the capital base. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON	1	£134k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£28k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The London Foundation for Banking & Finance.

The London Foundation for Banking & Finance income £587k
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION income £157k
BARHAM BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION income £173k
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION income £1000k
THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £378k
WHITWORTH SCHOLARSHIP'S FUND income £280k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BFWG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£275k	—	above	—	no doubt
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance FY2025	£587k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£157k	—	above	—	no doubt
BARHAM BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION FY2025	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION FY2024	£1000k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£378k	—	above	—	no doubt

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