Suffolk West Federation of Women's Institutes (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Analysis

Suffolk West Federation of Women's Institutes (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Suffolk West Federation of Women's Institutes (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) reported income of £56k and spending of £79k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £37k to £56k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Suffolk West Federation of Women's Institutes (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% 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 Friends of Nunhead Cemetery (£56k), Padfield Community Spaces (£56k) and World Ship Society Ltd. (£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.