The Surrey Federation of Women's Institutes

Analysis

The Surrey Federation of Women's Institutes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02836301). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Surrey Federation of Women's Institutes reported income of £165k and spending of £171k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £149k to £165k (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Surrey Federation of Women's Institutes sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Society for Trenchless Technology (£165k), The Mathers Foundation (£165k) and Landscape Research Group (£165k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.