WELLBEING OF WOMEN

Charity number: 239281
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Wellbeing of Women is the charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies to make a difference to everybody's lives today and tomorrow. * We provide information to raise awareness of health issues to keep women and babies well today. * We fund medical research and training grants, which have and will continue to develop better treatments and outcomes for tomorrow.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 April 2009: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BIRTHRIGHT (Previous name)
  • THE NATIONAL FUND FOR CHILDBIRTH RESEARCH (Previous name)
  • WELLBEING (THE HEALTH RESEARCH CHARITY FOR WOMEN AND BABIES) (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Karen Ann Green Trustee 13 July 2023
None on record
Indra Joshi Trustee 13 July 2023
None on record
Jos Cleare Trustee 13 July 2023
None on record
Ranee Thakar MD FRCOG Trustee 05 October 2021
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS
Received: On time
UK HEALTH ALLIANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Received: On time
Sacha Ganesh Damion Nathan Trustee 05 October 2021
None on record
Gill Walton Trustee 05 October 2021
None on record
Professor Dame Lesley Regan Trustee 26 February 2020
CHARM FOUNDATION UK
Received: On time
Lady Helen Madeleine Ward Trustee 27 February 2019
None on record
Margaret Ruffin Horvath Trustee 18 January 2019
None on record
DEBRA WHITE Trustee 14 February 2013
None on record
PHILIP ERIC RENE JANSEN Trustee 22 June 2011
PETER JANSEN CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £1.90m £1.34m £2.25m £2.57m £2.84m
Total expenditure £2.23m £1.81m £1.69m £2.52m £2.70m
Income from government contracts N/A £178.29k N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £194.47k N/A £362.34k £544.46k
Income - Donations and legacies £1.52m £858.81k £1.82m £1.16m £1.35m
Income - Other trading activities £281.67k £157.57k £315.04k £376.57k £320.15k
Income - Charitable activities £0 £237.65k £40.80k £955.61k £1.06m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £93.45k £82.37k £64.39k £85.38k £107.79k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £43.20k £0 £726 £1.26k £7.59k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.49m £1.22m £1.13m £1.93m £2.11m
Expenditure - Raising funds £736.40k £590.40k £553.87k £582.45k £591.79k
Expenditure - Governance £152.48k £123.01k £148.96k £107.25k £109.69k
Expenditure - Grants institution £1.12m £888.83k £674.09k £1.11m £832.70k
Expenditure - Investment management £19.47k £19.52k £21.64k £21.64k £21.45k
Expenditure - Other £5.10k £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £18.96k £20.78k £14.37k £362.91k £210.74k
Long-term investments £3.41m £3.45m £3.98m £3.80m £3.67m
Other assets £950.08k £756.03k £1.22m £849.62k £1.32m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£149.85k £0 -£73.29k £0 £0
Total liabilities £2.21m £2.66m £2.80m £2.80m £3.18m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 15 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 15 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 27 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 11 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 11 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 12 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 12 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 27 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 27 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 2 APRIL 1930 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 2 APRIL 1993 AS AFFECTED BY A UNITING DIRECTION LETTER DATED 17 MARCH 2009
Charitable objects
1. TO ASSIST TOWARDS THE COST OF ESTABLISHING OR MAINTAINING VOLUNTARY MATERNAL HOSPITALS AND TRAINING CENTRES OR CLASSES FOR MIDWIVES OR MATERNITY NURSES AND GENERALLY IMPROVING THE PROFESSIONAL ABILITY AND STANDING AND EMOLUMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS. 2. TO PROMOTE FRIENDLY RELATIONS AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN MATERNITY OR SIMILAR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT IN CONSTITUTION, MANAGEMENT AND AIMS AND FOR AVOIDING OVERLAPPING IN CONNECTION WITH APPEALS OR OTHERWISE. 3. ANY OTHER PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH MATERNITY AND THE WELFARE OF MATERNITY PATIENTS AND NEWLYBORN CHILDREN.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Registration history
  • 14 April 2009 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
10-18 Union Street
London
SE1 1SZ
Phone:
0203 697 7000