Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 14

WOMEN IN INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT: GLOBALIZING AND ORGANIZING (WIEGO) LIMITED

WIEGO pursues its objects by helping to build networks of informal worker organizations; undertaking policy analysis, statistical research and data analysis on the informal economy; providing policy advice and convening policy dialogues on the informal economy; and documenting and disseminating good practice in support of the informal workforce especially women.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Established: 13 years
(16 years as a company)

WWW.WIEGO.ORG

WIEGO@WIEGO.org

01618191200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£11,674	£10,669	£1,004	£0	£24,653	£6,311	7.1	11
31/03/22	£25,233	£7,840	£17,393	£0	£22,213	£2,609	4	8
31/03/21	£8,380	£5,363	£3,016	£150	£4,595	£2,176	4.9	8
31/03/20	£4,374	£5,639	£-1,264	£0	£1,600	£1,033	2.2	7
31/03/19	£6,864	£5,274	£1,590	£82	£2,731	£2,349	5.3	7
31/03/18	£1,677	£3,035	£-1,358	£95	£1,061	£876	3.5	5
31/03/17	£4,843	£3,749	£1,093	£0	£2,700	£2,477	7.9	5
31/03/16	£3,851	£3,813	£38	£0	£1,634	£1,584	5	5
31/03/15	£2,395	£3,843	£-1,448	£94	£1,328	£1,060	3.3	5
31/03/14	£2,068	£3,833	£-1,764	£94	£2,471	£1,785	5.6	4
31/03/13	£6,311	£4,597	£1,714	£76	£4,368	£337	0.9	4
31/03/12	£4,369	£3,874	£496	£70	£2,663	£288	0.9	4

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 28 months
Quick Ratio: 23.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Manchester City, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

11 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Comic Relief - Empowering Women Home-Based Workers
£505,000	03/07/2019 60	Home based working is a global phenomenon with millions of women producing goods or services for the local and global supply chain market from within or around their homes. They tend to earn very ....more Home based working is a global phenomenon with millions of women producing goods or services for the local and global supply chain market from within or around their homes. They tend to earn very little, have poor working and living conditions and are isolated and unable to fight for a better deal for themselves. This project will work with home based workers in South Africa, Uganda, Bangladesh, Nepal and India supporting them to get organised, take on leadership roles, identify shared goals and needs, advocate for their rights and a fair income and connect with home based working women globally to unify, campaign for their rights and share strategies for making change.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-80

DEBRA MARIE DAVIS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director

DR IMRAAN ABDUL KADER VALODIA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Professor

DR LIN LEAN LIM Appointed: 2011

DR MARTHA CHEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Professor

DR SIMEL ESIM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ilo Programme Manager

JUANA DEL CARMEN BRITEZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lawyer

JULIE-ANNE MICHELE MELANIE DUCHATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trade Union Officer

LORRAINE SIBANDA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Street Vendor

MIRAI CHATTERJEE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker

POONSAP SUANMUANG TULAPHAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Worker

UMA RANI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Economist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2011, number: 1143510
Registered at Companies House on 08/06/2007, number: 06273538

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

521 ROYAL EXCHANGE
MANCHESTER
M2 7EN

Objectives

3. The Company's objects are to relieve poverty: in particular the poverty of the working poor in informal employment caused by low earnings, high risks, and adverse working environments and conditions associated with informal employment worldwide (including non-standard or unprotected employment for formal firms); a) By conducting and promoting research (making the useful results publicly available) into the experiences and conditions of the working poor, the working environment and conditions of workers in informal employment, the wider policy and regulatory environments under which the informal workforce operates and the causes, effects and ways of addressing the poverty of workers in informal employment; b) By advancing the education of policy decision-makers, the wider public, supporters of the working poor and the working poor themselves, in relation to the causes, effects and ways of addressing the poverty of workers in informal employment;c) By helping organizations of the working poor to address the poverty of their members.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

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