Ashburton Women's Institute

Analysis

Ashburton Women's Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Totnes. It was registered in January 1977, 49 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashburton Women's Institute reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,768 to £11k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Ashburton Women's Institute sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maak Foundation (£11k), Starkholmes Village Hall (£11k) and The Literary Institution, Sandbach (£11k).