WOMEN'S HEALTH INFORMATION SUPPORT CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 519687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W H I S C, WHISC

WHISC is run by women for women to provide appropriate training, information and support, which addresses the needs of women within different communities in Liverpool who are disadvantaged in access to health care and education.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN LIVING WITHIN MERSEYSIDE BY PROVIDING ADVICE INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING THE HEALTH MEDICAL CHILD CARE AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES WHICH ARE AVAILABEL TO THEM.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £36,212 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £110,477 to £74,265. The trustees note that unrestricted funds are below the level required by their reserves policy to cover specific commitments, including six months' running costs and relocation expenses.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02035623

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Women's Health Information & Support Centre (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.

• WILLIAMS, Margaret — director, appointed 17/07/2026on trustee list
• HOWARTH, Sarah Elizabeth — director, appointed 30/06/2026on trustee list
• LYNN, Anne Lorraine — director, appointed 30/06/2026on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Mary — director, appointed 03/12/2015on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Amelia-Jane — director, appointed 03/12/2015not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Howarthchair
• Amelia-Jade Thompson
• Anne Lynn
• MARY ANDREWS
• Madeleine Louise O'Hare
• Margaret Williams
• Marna Teresa Kearon

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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