Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

THE WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK TRUST 

The principal activity of the company is to promote the protection and preservation of human health and in particular the health of women and of the natural environment by the advancement of research and education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 32 years

www.wen.org.uk

info@wen.org.uk

02074819004

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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
31/03/23£1,040£799£241£0£474£1642.52115
31/03/22£839£837£3£0£233£1011.42315
31/03/21£467£393£75n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£387£392£-5n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£277£236£41n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/18*£208£142£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£148£147£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£97£134£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£195£178£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£136£118£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£119£114£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£125£104£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£122£105£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£114£126£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£182£198£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£171£307£-136£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£460£404£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£434£421£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£451£532£-81£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£584£534£50£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 35%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 30.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 21 employees
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£2,126,615
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£331,127
Lankelly Chase Foundation£120,000
City Bridge Trust£81,290
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Women's Environmental Network Trust
£72,000 23/08/2022
£72,000 for two further and final years (£35,350; £36,650) towards the Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network, including the 0.6FTE Project Coordinator; 0.1FTE Project Manager; the costs of the ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Women's Environmental Network
£331,127 19/03/2022
Core costs
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to (The) Women's Environmental Network Trust (WEN)
£10,000 28/09/2021
(The) Women's Environmental Network Trust (WEN)
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to (The) Women's Environmental Network Trust
£20,000 29/03/2021
(The) Women's Environmental Network Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - Just Food and Climate Transiton
£2,126,615 07/07/2020
59
Working alongside a range of local community food projects this project aims to build a sustainable food system that delivers environmental benefits and improves social conditions for Tower Hamlets ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to (The) Women's Environmental Network Trust
£90,000 27/04/2020
(The) Women's Environmental Network Trust
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Women's Environmental Network Trust
£9,290 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £9,920, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Women's Environmental Network
£72,556 16/03/2019
24
Women's Voices - linking environmental and gender justice
Comic Relief - Sustainability Fund 2
£40,000 13/02/2019
3
The Work of WEN has never been more relevant due to the headline news around women's rights and the environment funding would enable WEN to rebrand, better understand their audience, get digitally ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Women's Environmental Network Trust
£110,600 14/11/2018
36
£110,600 over three years (£35,720; £37,160; £37,720) towards the part-time salary of the Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network Co-ordinator, activity costs and a contribution to core costs of the ....more
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Employment of a community gardener
£19,500 10/10/2017
Towards employment of a community gardener.
National Lottery Community Fund - Soil Sisters
£245,016 12/07/2017
36
This group will use horticulture and cooking to increase social inclusion and improve the health and wellbeing of women fleeing domestic violence and abuse. The project will operate within five ....more
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£25,000 01/05/2017
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Women's Environmental Network
£60,000 18/03/2017
24
New Voices - bringing women's voices into mainstream environmental issues
Comic Relief - Building WEN's core strength
£38,840 30/11/2016
24
The Women's Environmental Network is based in east London, in the heart of a gentrified neighbourhood on the edge of the country's oldest housing estate. Set up in 1988 they have worked for the past ....more
DCMS - Building WEN's core strength
£19,420 30/11/2016
The Women's Environmental Network is based in east London, in the heart of a gentrified neighbourhood on the edge of the country's oldest housing estate. Set up in 1988 they have worked for the past ....more
DCMS - Building WEN's core strength
£19,420 30/11/2016
The Women's Environmental Network is based in east London, in the heart of a gentrified neighbourhood on the edge of the country's oldest housing estate. Set up in 1988 they have worked for the past ....more
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network
£5,000 03/03/2015
Towards the Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-41
  • ANUPAM PARASHAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Analyst Environmental And Social Risk
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/04/1992, number: 1010397
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/07/1990, number: 02520522
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 12 days late, AR07: 1 days late,
Main office

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20 CLUB ROW
LONDON
E2 7EY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THEREIN AND IN THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH (AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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