Women's Engineering Society

Analysis

Women's Engineering Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00162096). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Women's Engineering Society reported income of £569k and spending of £705k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £311k to £569k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Women's Engineering Society sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The East Looe Town Trust (£569k), Southcourt Baptist Church Trust (£569k) and Refreshing Minds (£568k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 26% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £88k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £178k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.