Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE - WIDDRINGTON 

Local women's group.Member of Northumberland Federation of Women's Institutes. Owners of community Hall available for use by groups and individuals.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
01/04/23£3£7£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
01/04/22£13£7£6n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£24£7£17n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£6£3£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£5£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17?£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£5£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08*£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£33£33£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£5£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

01670790462

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Painting external walls, replacing windows and locks on doors and a replacement door
£3,631 17/09/2019
Painting external walls, replacing windows and locks on doors and a replacement door

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/09/1963, number: 228801
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 151 days late, AR08: 32 days late,
Main office

15 Grange Court
Widdrington
MORPETH
Northumberland
NE61 5NZ

Objectives

TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP CONDITIONS OF RURAL LIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WIDDRINGTON AND ULGHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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