Being Woman

Analysis

Being Woman is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashington. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Being Woman reported income of £122k and spending of £139k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £153k to £122k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Being Woman sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shoreline Church (£122k), The Earley Charitable Trust (£122k) and Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey (£122k).