Women's Institute - Pennington

Analysis

Women's Institute - Pennington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Women's Institute - Pennington reported income of £22k and spending of £27k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1,728 to £22k (+1150%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40451%. Over the whole period it spent 16% 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, Women's Institute - Pennington sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall - Cumnor (£22k), Ripley Music Festival (£22k) and Skipton Choral Society (£22k).

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.