Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 3

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -11

TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILDS

Townswomen's Guilds (TG) acts as an umbrella organisation for the national movement. It provides administrative frameworks and works to promote the movement across the UK by assisting in the formation of new Guilds and in the recruitment of new members. It provides national events to bring members together, a magazine to link members and campaigns on matters that make women's lives better .

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is completely female
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
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
31/01/22	£242	£499	£-257	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/01/21	£309	£650	£-341	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/01/20	£377	£721	£-345	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/01/19	£402	£736	£-334	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/01/18	£445	£629	£-184	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	50
31/01/17	£509	£657	£-148	£24	£1,948	£1,948	35.6	8	0
31/01/16	£466	£622	£-157	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15	£503	£631	£-128	£67	£2,197	£2,197	41.8	7	0
31/01/14	£530	£600	£-70	£75	£2,223	£2,223	44.5	7	0
31/01/13	£524	£625	£-100	£88	£2,300	£2,300	44.2	7	0
31/01/12	£549	£637	£-89	£110	£2,246	£2,246	42.3	7	0
31/01/11	£530	£608	£-78	£121	£2,405	£2,404	47.4	7	0
31/01/10	£587	£653	£-66	£124	£2,339	£2,338	43	7	0
31/01/09	£1,564	£759	£805	£83	£2,197	£2,196	34.7	6	0
31/01/08	£584	£611	£-28	£103	£1,732	£1,731	34	7	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.the-tg.com

contact@the-tg.com

01213260400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 63-76

LESLEY HOWELLS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

BERYL LESLEY HALES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Teacher

KAREN MAUREEN MOORE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Teacher

LINDA LEWIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MARILYN JULIA LAWTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN STEBBINGS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Officer In Army Cadet Force (Reservist)

MAUREEN BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/2006, number: 1115974
Registered at Companies House on 09/08/2006, number: 05901323

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

07/04/2021 - Asset transfer in from ECCLESALL (A) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD
21/09/2021 - Asset transfer in from SHEFFIELD CHAPELTOWN & ECCLESFIELD (A) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD
18/03/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE SOUTHAMPTON THORNHILL AND BITTERNE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD
06/01/2023 - Asset transfer in from BRIDLINGTON (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ECCLESALL (A) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 07/04/2021
Asset transfer in from SHEFFIELD CHAPELTOWN & ECCLESFIELD (A) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 21/09/2021
Asset transfer in from THE SOUTHAMPTON THORNHILL AND BITTERNE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 18/03/2022
Asset transfer in from BRIDLINGTON (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 06/01/2023

Main office

Townswomens Guilds
Gee House
Holborn Hill
BIRMINGHAM
B7 5JR

Objectives

TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILDS IS FORMED FOR SUCH PURPOSES GENERALLY AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND MORE SPECIFICALLY (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, CREED AND PARTY SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE THE BEST CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COMMON GOOD AND TO DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING;TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, BUT IN PARTICULAR WOMEN, ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND IN ALL PUBLIC QUESTIONS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO ANY PUBLIC QUESTIONS WHETHER LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ANY SUBJECT OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE WHERE WOMEN HAVE PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION INCLUDING FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMANCE ARTS AND CRAFTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR WOMEN BUT ALSO FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING SO THAT PEOPLE BECOME ACTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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