Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Accounts overdue -5
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE WOMENSTEC (TRAINING, ENTERPRISE & CHILDCARE CENTRE)

The company�s objects (�Objects") are specifically restricted to the advancement of education and the prevention and relief of poverty and unemployment amongst people and in particular women and young girls aged 12 years and over (hereinafter called the �beneficiaries�) in Northern Ireland (hereinafter called the �area of benefit�) without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities to improve the conditions of life for the said beneficiaries in the interests of social welfare and in particular to: (a) to promote, facilitate and organise adequate, accessible and quality programmes of vocational and educational training, information and support in an effort to acquire skills and retraining to assist the beneficiaries in obtaining employment or establishing themselves in business especially but not exclusively in sectors where women have traditionally had low levels of participation; (b) provide advice, assistance, education and work programmes in an effort to develop and improve the capacity, knowledge, skills, expertise, well-being and self-confidence of the beneficiaries in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society; (c) to promote the advancement of all forms of training of women in the area of benefit; (d) to organize, facilitate and provide programmes of vocational and educational training to men and young boys aged 12 years and over in the area of benefit in an effort to assist in relieving unemployment; (e) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the directors, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Established: 10 years

www.womenstec.org

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Income	£332,772	£454,583	£472,343	£785,779	£461,334	£675,783
Spending	£315,032	£412,122	£439,762	£482,591	£550,696	£652,068
Surplus/deficit	£17,740	£42,461	£32,581	£303,188	-£89,362	£23,715

Listed activities

The prevention or relief of poverty, The advancement of education

How it operates

Education/training, Gender

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

Who it helps

Adult training, Ethnic minorities, Interface communities, Unemployed/low income, Women

Who works here?

19 employees
15 volunteers

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

BBC Children in Need	£90,000
Rank Foundation	£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland	£9,805
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland	£9,298

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Women's TEC (Training, Enterprise and Childcare)
£90,000	06/10/2023	The #notjustforboys project will provide a programme of personal development & work experience opportunities in non-traditional sectors, for young girls from low income backgrounds, empowering ....more The #notjustforboys project will provide a programme of personal development & work experience opportunities in non-traditional sectors, for young girls from low income backgrounds, empowering and motivating them to pursue their career aspirations.
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant WOMEN'STEC 2023 - Full
£25,000	27/04/2023	Women's Tec received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	21/10/2022	WOMEN'STEC
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland - Student Wellbeing and Digital Unity
£9,298	27/04/2020 11	towards providing remote and ongoing support to the organisation's students.
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - IT for All
£9,805	10/12/2019	IT for All
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Hope 4 Me Fibro NI
£4,800	04/11/2019 36	Towards running costs and volunteer expenses
Tudor Trust - Grant to Women's TEC (Training, Enterprise & Childcare Centre)
£90,000	30/10/2018 36	over three years towards the co-ordinator's salary at a charity providing construction, horticulture and ICT training to economically inactive or unemployed women in North Belfast

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 30/09/2014, number: NIC100185

Main office

Women'stec, 29 Chichester Avenue, Belfast., BT15 5EH

Data Sources