Shiplake Women's Institute

Analysis

Shiplake Women's Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-on-Thames. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shiplake Women's Institute reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,000 to £15k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shiplake Women's Institute sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colwinston Community Hall Association (£15k), Friends of Bowring Park (£15k) and Community Music Whickham and Swalwell (£15k).