Rayleigh Mill Women's Institute

Analysis

Rayleigh Mill Women's Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rayleigh. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rayleigh Mill Women's Institute reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,355 to £16k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Rayleigh Mill Women's Institute sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dowlais Male Choir (£16k), Richmondshire Choral Society (£16k) and Ridge Village Hall (£16k).