Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE WAYFINDERWOMAN TRUST

To promote the social inclusion of women and young girls of working age by building a mutual support community;providing advice, support and training to build their confidence in order to overcome barriers to employment opportunities. To provide an empathic environment to relieve emotional hardship and work alongside organisations to improve employment opportunities and relieve financial hardship.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half 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

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/23	£60	£47	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/22	£24	£21	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/21	£25	£26	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/20	£41	£14	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/19	£24	£25	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/18	£19	£15	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.wayfinderwoman.com

info@wayfinderwoman.com

01323886171

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£99,875
Sussex Community Foundation	£16,706
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£5,000	09/12/2022 24	Building Mentally Strong Women
National Lottery Community Fund - Post Covid recovery
£99,875	30/09/2022	This funding will be used by The WayfinderWoman Trust in Eastbourne to continue and develop their work to promote social inclusion by preventing women and young girls of working age across Eastbourne ....more This funding will be used by The WayfinderWoman Trust in Eastbourne to continue and develop their work to promote social inclusion by preventing women and young girls of working age across Eastbourne from becoming socially excluded. The project will provide advice and support for women who need to build their confidence to tackle the prejudice and barriers facing women in society.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wayfinder Woman Trust
£3,779	13/07/2020	The WayfinderWoman Trust is a volunteer led, female run organisation that supports women in building self-confidence and skill sets to overcome barriers to success, providing free workshops, coaching ....more The WayfinderWoman Trust is a volunteer led, female run organisation that supports women in building self-confidence and skill sets to overcome barriers to success, providing free workshops, coaching and support. Funding is to enable the organisation to adhere to social distancing guidelines through setting up an online chat facility on their website, purchasing smaller office furniture and installing screens.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wayfinder Woman Trust
£9,994	10/12/2019 11	Funding was provided for a flexible programme of professionally facilitated, free confidence boosting workshops.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wayfinder Woman Trust
£2,933	18/11/2019 10	Funding was provided to train volunteers in digital skills and update IT equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Let Your Voice by Heard
£9,981	28/02/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to run workshops for women to help their improve confidence, discuss equalities issues and to empower them to run peer events.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

ANNEKE LANGFORD-HEBBELINCK Appointed: 2023

CHERINE MASKILL Appointed: 2023

HELEN PECKHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2023

JILL LOVEGROVE Appointed: 2023

KAREN BURRELL Appointed: 2022

LYNN BEDFORD Appointed: 2024

NICOLA SARAH GRAY Appointed: 2024

QUYNH MAI LUONG Appointed: 2024

SAMANTHA HARRIS Appointed: 2024

TAMMARA ANDERTON Appointed: 2022

TRACEY XERXES Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/10/2017, number: 1175486

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit 1
Highlight House
8 St. Leonards Road
EASTBOURNE
East Sussex
BN21 3UH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS OF WORKING AGE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY;A) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICEB) BUILDING A MUTUAL SUPPORT COMMUNITY ABLE TO NETWORK WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THE OBJECT OF PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESC) ONE TO ONE SUPPORT, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENABLING WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS THAT ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM IDENTIFYING AND PURSUING EMPLOYMENT CHOICES PRIOR TO, AND DURING THEIR WORKING LIVES;D) PROVISION OF ON-LINE AND FACE TO FACE SUPPORT IN AN EMPATHIC, NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT WITH THE OBJECT OF RELIEVING EMOTIONAL HARDSHIP;E) WORKING ALONGSIDE ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE AND PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.