Rights of Women Incorporated

Analysis

Rights of Women Incorporated is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty 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 08002509). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Rights of Women Incorporated reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.0m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £841k to £1.2m (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rights of Women Incorporated sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardiff Vineyard (£1.2m), Grimsby and Cleethorpes Area Doorstep (£1.2m) and Springfield Trust Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £105k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £829k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.