Registered charity 1205500

Powys-brecknock Federation of Women's Institutes CIO

What it does

The charity has not given a description on the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN POWYS AND ELSEWHERE.3.2 THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL AREAS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION):I. LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE;II. MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS; ANDIII. ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE;(B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:I. EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ANDII. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;(C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND(D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING.3.3 IN CLAUSE 3.2 “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.3.4 THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, OF DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS, AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION STANDS.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Other charitable purposes
Who it helps: Older people
Disabled people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Powys

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 January 2026, it had income of £29,005 and spent £36,270.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 January 2026	£29,005	£36,270	Not reported	300
31 January 2025	£22,308	£34,946	Not reported	300

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 30%, from £22,308 in the year to 31 January 2025 to £29,005 in the year to 31 January 2026.
Spending against income: It spent 125% of its income in the year to 31 January 2026. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 2 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 January 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

8 trustees run the charity.

Mary RobinsonChairAppointed 31 October 2023
Cheryl WilliamsAppointed 31 October 2023
Gaynor SkyrmeAppointed 31 October 2023
Gillian LangfordAppointed 30 May 2024
Jennifer JonesAppointed 31 October 2023
Lesley PriceAppointed 31 October 2023
Lynda ProbertAppointed 31 October 2023
Mary JonesAppointed 31 October 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 January 2026	30 November 2026	Received 11 September 2026, 80 days early	Received 11 September 2026
31 January 2025	30 November 2025	Received 30 June 2025, 153 days early	Received 30 June 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1205500
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 31 October 2023
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 31 Oct 2023
Council area of its contact address: Powys

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 January 2026

£29,005

£36,270

Not reported

300

31 January 2025

£22,308

£34,946

Not reported

300

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 January 2026

30 November 2026

Received 11 September 2026, 80 days early

Received 11 September 2026

31 January 2025

30 November 2025

Received 30 June 2025, 153 days early

Received 30 June 2025