Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes

Analysis

Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03190540). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes reported income of £56k and spending of £66k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £36k to £56k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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, Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boughton Under Blean Village Hall (£56k), Sussex Festival of Dance and Song (£56k) and The Stourbridge Pantomime Company Limited (£56k).

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.