Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -12 ?

BRIGHTWELL-CUM-SOTWELL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 

Monthly meetings with a wide selection of speakers; 2 x book groups, quilting group, garden visits, fund-raising lunches, stall at village fete, theatre trips, WI outings, walks, fundraising for ACWW and local projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely female
  • All of the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£2£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/22*£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£2£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17*£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£4£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£5£6£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.brightwellcumsotwellwi.com

brightwellcumsotwellwi@gmail.com

01491837344

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2006, number: 1112861
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR20: 141 days late, AR17: 35 days late,
Main office

140a Wantage Road
Wallingford
OX10 0LU

Objectives

TO ENABLE WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RURAL LIFE, INCLUDING ARTS, CRAFTS AND SCIENCES, TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP CONDITIONS OF RURAL LIFE, TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION IN CITIZENSHIP, IN PUBLIC QUESTIONS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, IN MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS AND IN ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, HANDICRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE. IT SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION, AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OXFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

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