Aperfield (West Kent) Women's Institute

Analysis

Aperfield (West Kent) Women's Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westerham. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Aperfield (West Kent) Women's Institute reported income of £24k and spending of £27k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £42k to £24k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Aperfield (West Kent) Women's Institute sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wadebridge Choral Society (£24k), Taynton and Tibberton Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity (£24k) and The Lady Hawkins's School Endowment (£24k).

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.