GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN UK

Charity Number: 1160840
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Global Fund for Women UK operates as the sister charity of Global Fund for Women Inc., a grant-making charity registered and operating out of the US focusing on promoting the human rights of women, globally. GFW UK distributes UK based income to women-led organisations internationally that advance, raise awareness of and promote support for women?s human rights in their community.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2023

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £933,239

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Dominican Republic
  • East Timor
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Grenada
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Macedonia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Vincent
  • Samoa
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Kitts And Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • The Bahamas
  • The Gambia
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad And Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 March 2015: Standard registration
  • 13 January 2025: Removed (Transfer of funds)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2019 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023
Total gross income £150.88k £608.06k £937.40k £387.23k £0
Total expenditure £73.19k £127.43k £469.41k £212.85k £933.24k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £608.06k £937.40k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £148 £1 N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £127.05k £406.74k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £380 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £0 £97.02k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £46.95k £309.72k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 £62.67k N/A N/A

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 30 June 2024 Overdue Charity reporting is overdue by 29 days
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 Overdue Charity reporting is overdue by 29 days
Annual return 30 June 2023 15 July 2024 76 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2022 24 May 2023 24 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 24 May 2023 24 days late
Annual return 30 June 2021 07 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 07 December 2021 On Time
Annual return 30 June 2020 21 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 21 December 2020 On Time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/06/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/01/2015 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/02/2015 as amended on 11 Dec 2017

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) OF WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: 1. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS 2. COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION 3. RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 4. PROMOTING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 5. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS 6. INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.