Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST UK 

Women and Children First is an international development organisation which addresses poor reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. The charity provides technical support and assistance to local partners to deliver a World Health Organisation recommended approach which mobilises communities through women's groups and has a proven impact on maternal and newborn mortality rates.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 23 years

www.womenandchildrenfirst.org.uk

info@womenandchildrenfirst.org.uk

02077006309

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£431£566£-135n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21£400£333£66n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£468£514£-46n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£379£552£-173n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/18£566£689£-123£62£372£831.440
31/12/17£944£986£-42£55£494£1221.540
31/12/16£1,309£1,396£-87£44£536£1100.930
31/12/15£1,675£1,203£472£28£623£98130
31/12/14£808£822£-15£58£151£3040
31/12/13£361£552£-191£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£949£853£96£21£357£791.140
31/12/11£1,021£880£141£24£261£881.240
31/12/10£749£714£35£37£120£57140
31/12/09£564£566£-1£21£85£300.640
31/12/08£534£491£43£12£86£280.740
31/12/07£187£242£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£179£158£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/12/05£114£114£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/12/04£123£129£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Burma, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Malawi, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Uganda,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Comic Relief - Improving maternal, perinatal and newborn health and reducing mortality in Oyam District, Uganda
£578,044 19/07/2017
36
Women and newborns across Uganda face high levels of mother and child mortality, and these are particular challenges in Oyam District. This project will improve the health and reduce mortality of ....more
Comic Relief - Investigating and designing solutions to maternal, newborn and child health challenges in Oyam District, Uganda
£8,942 27/05/2015
Women and babies in northern Uganda suffer very poor health and many die during pregnancy and childbirth. Oyam district is still recovering from 20 years of conflict and ruined health services. The ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving maternal and newborn health in Nkhotakota District, Malawi.
£504,681 22/12/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving maternal and newborn health in Nkhotakota District, Malawi.
£15,000 19/03/2014
6
No press release available in this release
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Maternal and Child Health in Uganda
£503,489 18/12/2013
36
Improving Maternal and Child Health in Uganda
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Maternal and Child Health in Uganda
£10,000 21/02/2013
12
This project will target 150 villages on the Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda, to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and improve newborn and child health amongst very low income rural ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-53
  • CAROLINE BAKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Partnerships Manager
  • LAURA BESSELL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • RINI GHOSH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Finance Business Partner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2001, number: 1085096
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/01/2000, number: 03914873
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Women and Children First
483 Green Lanes
LONDON
N13 4BS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISTRESS AND POVERTY AMONGST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN POOR COMMUNITIES BY IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH, NUTRITION AND WELFARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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