Cowfold Women's Evening Institute

Analysis

Cowfold Women's Evening Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cowfold Women's Evening Institute reported income of £20k and spending of £18k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,870 to £20k (+233%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Cowfold Women's Evening Institute sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cathays Brass (£20k), Audley Male Voice Choir (£20k) and Chinnor Village Hall (£20k).