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Women's Institute - Playden

RegisteredRegistered charity number 228564East SussexEducation and training
Income£28k2025-03-31
Spending£13ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause59th pctEducation and training
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Women's Institute - Playden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Women's Institute - Playden reported income of £28k and spending of £13k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,370 to £28k (+426%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 748%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Women's Institute - Playden sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Isle of Ely Federation of Women's Institutes CIO (£28k), St Mary's R. C. Primary School Fund (£28k) and Rajasthan Charitable Trust, UK (£28k).

Income and spending

£0£7,066£14k£21k£28k2021 Income: £5,3702021 Spending: £5,25020212022 Income: £1,2512022 Spending: £12,35320222023 Income: £8,0712023 Spending: £7,38020232024 Income: £3,3332024 Spending: £4,30020242025 Income: £28,2652025 Spending: £12,7672025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

WI exists to educate women to enable them to provide an effective role in the community, to expand their horizons and to develop and pass on important skills.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Isle of Ely Federation of Women's Institutes CIOChatteris£28k
St Mary's R. C. Primary School FundWhitehaven£28k
Rajasthan Charitable Trust, UKSurrey£28k
Wedmore Young Farmers' ClubBridgwater£28k