2024-03-31-accounts

HERTFORDSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES

ANNUAL REPORT

For the year from 1[st] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024

FEDERATION CHAIR: Jill Profit - Royston WI Kestrels, Church End, Barley, Royston SG8 8JN

FEDERATION VICE-CHAIRMAN: Pat Kingsland - Knebworth WI 13 Shackledell, Stevenage SG2 9AE

FEDERATION VICE-CHAIRMAN: Joanna Defries - Colney Heath WI The Willow, Church Lane, Colney Heath, AL4 0NH

HONORARY TREASURER: Caroline Ellis - Bricket Wood WI 8 Broomfield, Park Street, St Albans AL2 2HY

VICE TREASURER: Rahat Aboobaker - Potters Bar Gems WI 38 Santers Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2BX

FEDERATION SECRETARY: Hayley Tapp (Until 12[th] April 2024) COUNTY HOUSE: 29 High Street, Wheathampstead, St Albans AL4 8BB Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Rahat Aboobaker – 38 Santers Lane, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 2BX Potters Bar Gems WI

Hannah Costin – 63 Ceasars Road, Wheathampstead, Herts, AL4 8NR Wheathampstead WI (from 12/3/2024)

Joanna Defries - The Willow, Church Lane, Colney Heath, AL4 ONH Colney Heath WI

Margaret Eccleston - 3 Lindsey Road, Bishops Stortford CM23 2TA Bishops Stortford WI

Caroline Ellis – 8 Broomfield, Park Street, St Albans, AL2 2HY Bricket Wood WI

Pat Kingsland, 13Shackledell, Stevenage, Herts, SG2 9AE Knebworth WI

Phillippa Mackinnon – 210 Runley Road, Luton, Beds, LU1 1UB St Albans City WI

Lorraine Mead – 68 Longacres, St Albans, Herts, AL4 0DR The Causeway WI

Jill Profit – Kestrels, Church End, Barley, Royston, SG8 8JN Royston WI

Joyce Spackman - Standon Green End Farm, High Cross, Ware, SG11 1BW Much Hadham Afternoon WI

Anne Styles – Robbers Cottage, The Street, Braughing, SG11 2QF Braughing WI

Pamela Wright - 29 The Walk, Potters Bar EN6 1QG Oakmere WI

WI ADVISERS

Margaret Eccleston – 3 Lindsey Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts, CM23 2TA

Bishops Stortford WI Chair

Pam Kershaw - 4 Icknield Way, St Albans AL3 4NQ The Causeway WI

NON-BOARD OF TRUSTEE APPOINTMENTS FEDERATION ARCHIVIST Catherine Abrahams (Bricket Wood)

FEDERATION EDITOR OF WI NEWS Beverley Hayes

BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTMENTS COUNTY CRAFT ADVISER

Anne Styles

COMBINED ARTS OFFICER (MUSIC & DRAMA) Joanna Defries

FEDERATION & INTER-COUNTY QUIZ Pamela Wright

MEMBERS SUPPORT TEAM

Margaret Eccleston

RESOLUTIONS OFFICERS

Joyce Spackman Phillippa Mackinnon

CLIMATE CHANGE OFFICER Phillippa Mackinnon

SPORTS OFFICER Lorraine Mead

YEARBOOK CO-ORDINATOR

Joyce Spackman

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NUMBER OF INSTITUTES – 2890 NUMBER OF MEMBERS – 74

Meetings held: 12 Board of Trustees and 1 Appointment

REPORT OF THE CHAIR FOR THE YEAR to March 2024 Meetings in person

income, added to returned support for our Team and Federation events, which has led to a healthier financial year. The proportion of your subscription that the Federation receives is not enough to cover the Federation expenses of running our Headquarters in Wheathampstead or cover the staff salaries etc. All Board of Trustee members are volunteers claiming only for their expenses.

Meetings via Video Conferencing (Zoom)

I am serving my second year in office as Chair of the Federation. It is a great honour and a role that I am very pleased to be fulfilling.

Our annual meeting was held in October 2023. Gail Morecombe, daughter of Eric, entertained us with an amusing insight into her life with Dad. We only hold one business meeting a year now, which is our Annual Meeting in October, whereas we used to hold two, one in the Spring too. Our Spring meeting has changed into “An Afternoon with…” In April 2023, we welcomed Charles Hanson who talked about his life in antiques and valued members’ items. The Spring event will be an annual fund raiser for the Federation.

Our teams are organising entertaining and educational events for you all to enjoy. Although our larger events attract a good audience, we must not forget all our Team events too, whether large or small gatherings. It is not all about fund raising, although we must, but offering our members the hand of friendship, education or enjoyment in a group suited to that activity. Our larger events have included Adam Frost of Gardeners World, who was such a humble, humorous, and engaging speaker, the audience were captivated. Mark Frances from the Sewing Bee also brought in a large crowd. We hope to provide something for everyone.

We are pleased our membership remains constant, sadly we have had WIs suspend, which is always sad, very often not through lack of members but lack of members willing to stand as Officers. Remember you can share Officers roles and it is not too erroneous task, worth stepping up and giving it a try rather than see your Institute suspended. We, as the Board of Trustees, are here to support you. We have welcomed new Institutes, whose membership quickly grows due, in a large part, to the power of social media. It is so encouraging to see our members, younger or more mature, enjoying the ethos of this wonderful organisation. Learning from each other and sharing friendship. You are never alone when you enter a room of WI ladies.

We had a successful letting of our County Room at our Headquarters at 29 High Street, Wheathampstead from April 2023 for a year and we have just renewed the licence for another year. It is a major part of our

We need your continued support, either as a member or as a member of our Team or Board of Trustees. Our success depends on you.

We look to move forward positively into our next financial year.

Jill Profit Chair from October 2022

MEMBERS SUPPORT TEAM (MST) Meetings

Meetings
WI Advisers:
Mrs M Eccleston	Bishops Stortford WI
Mrs P Kershaw	The Causeway WI

During 2023/24 the two members of the Membership Support Team (MST) met regularly, either in person, or when health issues intervened, kept in touch virtually or by telephone.

Our discussions regularly focussed on the health of our WIs, particularly those in difficulty. Sadly, the members of five WIs: Borehamwood, Furzefield, High Cross & Thundridge, Highfield and Wormley, each voted to suspend their WIs for 3 years. In each case, despite their best efforts, net membership had dwindled, with fewer younger women joining. In consequence, due in no small part to the average age profile of these WIs, members were unwilling to stand for election to the committee or the role of President. Undoubtedly, to remain vibrant and attractive, WIs must frequently take in and support new members, try new ideas and continuously evolve. In June, in response to enquiries from a group of women in Royston where there were already 3 daytime WIs, we opened an evening WI. After publicising the opening, mainly on social media, they were overwhelmed by the response and around 40 women joined that evening. Thanks to an innovative team on the ground, Royston Evening WI is going from strength to strength. Another success story, Codicote WI, was rewarded nationally for the greatest yearly increase in membership.

Herts Belles WI celebrated their 10[th] birthday with a happy evening that reflected upon all that they had collectively achieved during these years.

During April and May, with assistance from other Board Trustees, we attended 15 Annual Meetings, assisting with their elections and speaking on the

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proposed resolution “Clean rivers for people and wildlife”.

In September, the MST successfully hosted an interactive workshop for new committee members and officers.

Throughout the year, we have spontaneously answered members’ questions, some of which are later used for articles in HFWI News. We have frequently worked with WI committees to find solutions to problems and will continue to do so in 2024/25, as well as hosting further workshops and hopefully opening new WIs as our Federation evolves in response to the needs of women in Hertfordshire.

Maggie Eccleston Chairman Members Advisory Committee

ARTS & CRAFTS TEAM

All Meetings were held by either Zoom or In Person

Emma Golding Herts Belles WI Josephine Kersey Hertford Heath WI Lorraine Mead The Causeway WI Janet Rogers Boxmoor WI Marilyn Hornsby High Cross & Thundridge WI Anne Styles Braughing WI (Chair) Eileen Walker Boxmoor WI and Officers of the Federation

Arts & Crafts were busy last year with a very successful Afternoon with Mark Francis which included an exhibition of some stunning members’ crafts, and an interview with Emma Golding a Herts Belle who has forged a successful career in dressmaking. This was followed in December by a smaller version of Try a Craft at the Mead Hall which members thoroughly enjoyed. We are exploring a few ideas for 24/25 which will be announced as soon as we can. However, I shall be stepping down as Chair in October so if anyone feels they would like to step up, now is your chance!

Anne Styles Chairman, Arts & Crafts Sub-Committee

CURRENT AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TEAM All Meetings were held by either Zoom or In Person

Maggie Eccleston Bishops Stortford WI Pat Kingsland Knebworth WI Phillippa Mackinnon St Albans WI Pat Murray Buntingford WI Joyce Spackman Much Hadham Aft WI (Chair) Barbara Wybrow Bishops Stortford and Officers of the Federation

Our Team has had a very varied year because of our very wide remit. We started the year with an international meeting held in Buntingford, the subject being Jordan, given by Basma Chitham who told us all

about her country and its many aspects. Members really enjoyed this evening with Basma.

We then went onto the NFWI idea covering the Food Day, we had something a little different for this and our speaker, Kate Harwood told us of the History of Allotments and how they still influence us today. This was held at Wheathampstead.

Next on to Much Hadham Village Hall for a presentation on Sign Language, very interesting and much to think about by our members and visitors. (This subject might be repeated in the future).

Our big meeting of the year was planned to be all about The Kings Coronation Garden idea. Our speaker, Adam Frost, a fantastic Speaker, was enjoyed by our very large audience. He briefly mentioned the idea of the Coronation Garden talking about his time spent with Geoff Hamilton, who was strongly in favour of all things organic. A wonderful afternoon.

We had a well-attended Zoom meeting for the resolutions.

We look forward to another year with plans already in place.

Joyce Spackman

Chairman, Current & International Affairs Team

HOUSE, PREMISES & SHOP AD-HOC TEAM

All Meetings were held by either Zoom or In Person

Pat Kingsland Knebworth Eve WI Lorraine Mead The Causeway WI Jill Profit Royston WI (Chair) Joyce Spackman Much Hadham Aft WI EX-OFFICIO Holding Trustees and Officers of the Federation

All maintenance and repairs have been carried out on the premises as, and when required.

We were able to find a tenant for the County Room on a one-year licence, which has just been renewed for the coming year, April 2024 to April 2025. We can still have use of the County Room with agreement from the tenant. The income has proved a benefit to Federation Funding.

Pat Kingsland Chair of House

PERFORMING ARTS TEAM

All Meetings were held by either Zoom or In Person

Pauline Baycroft Oakmere WI Hannah Costin Wheathampstead WI Joanna Defries (Chair) Colney Heath WI

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Patricia Gale Potten End WI Joyce Gray Kings Langley WI Pam Wright Oakmere WI (Chairman) and Officers of the Federation

Coming up this year we have the ever-popular Kimpton Tea Party on July 4th. This time we have put it earlier in July before the schools break up for summer, according to some of the useful feedback we had from attendees.

November 7th is our bi-annual Literary Lunch, held again at Brookmans Park Golf Club and this year they are offering a carvery! The Speaker will be Maggie Brookes-Butt, a published author and poet based in Southgate. Both of these big events have only 80 places available, and tickets will not be available on the door, so look out for the announcements and book early!

December 4th, we decided to do another Christmas Carol Party at Marford Hall (Wheathampstead Memorial) as last year it was such a hoot! We had lots of valuable feedback from you so we shall be incorporating it as best we can.

Look forward to seeing you!

Joanna Defries Chair, Performing Arts Team

Diaries and Calendars

Diaries to be ordered from NFWI in accordance with incoming orders from members.

Calendars - 350 to be ordered this year and will be sold on a ‘First Come first served’ basis.

SPORTS & LEISURE AD-HOC TEAM

All Meetings were held by either Zoom or In Person

Emma Golding Herts Belles WI Lorraine Mead The Causeway WI (Chair) Jill Profit Royston WI Jean Thomas Sandridge WI

All meetings were held in person.

Walking Netball was held at Stanborough School, Welwyn continues to be very well supported and enjoyed by attendees.

Several members were brave enough to take to the skies in a glider from the Cambridge Gliding Centre. The evening was organised by Jill Profit and turned out to be a great success. The skies were clear making the flight an experience to remember. One or two members had two flights!

A trip to Thursford Spectacular in Norfolk was well attended. Members had lunch on site before going into the theatre for a 3-hour spectacular show. Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market was our event in December. Although it rained all the time we were there, it was very enjoyable.

Lots of plans are in-hand for 2024/25.

Mrs Lorraine Mead Chair, Sports & Leisure Team

SPEAKERS AUDITIONS DIRECTORY

Another collection of interesting speakers this year and a large gathering of members at the Marford Hall to hear them. The new copy of the speakers book is due to be printed shortly and all the new speakers will be shown. Many of the "older" speakers have withdrawn for various reasons, so I do hope that you find some ideas for your institute. Please don't forget to let us know of any problem with any of the speakers.

Joyce Spackman

Chair, Current & International Affairs Team

HFWI QUIZ EVENTS

As we can see by the number of TV and Social Media programmes, Quizzing remains as popular as ever. 2023 was an important year for Hertfordshire Federation as we hosted the Finals of the 3 Counties Quiz.

Our HFWI Preliminary Round was held at Marford Memorial Hall, Wheathampstead on Thursday March 9[th] and 14 teams took part - the top 8 teams were selected for the Final.

This took place at the same hall on Wednesday 28[th] June at 7pm when teams from Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire joined us.

It was a very successful evening and a Hertfordshire Team – Bricket Wood WI won it. They were congratulated by our County Chairman Jill Profit who should then have presented the special Plaque to the team but unfortunately it was not available, so it was presented at a later function.

We were unable to hold an HFWI Fund Raising Quiz in Autumn 2023 but already have plans to run one on 18[th] October 2024.

As I write we have already held the Preliminary Round for 2024 (when 19 teams took part (names of top 8 teams in current Newsletter) and Buckinghamshire Federation are hosting this year’s Finals.

Many individual WIs ran their own quizzes, and these were well attended, also the Afternoon Quiz in the monthly HFWI Newsletters continues to inform and amuse our members and long may they enjoy quizzing!

Pam Wright

HFWI Quiz Co-ordinator [Printed In House at HFWI – May 2024]

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Charity Name H9rt1ordshire Federation of Womens Insitute Ch•ri No 1202209 Annual accounts for the 1st To Perfod eTrJ date 31st March 2024 nod stsrt dole Section A Statement of financial activities Recon￿ended cat•gori85 by a¢tMty unr•sts1ct￿ In¢on Endowm&nt funds funds tund5 Total fvnds Ptlor y•arfund Incomlng lo•our￿$ (Not• 3) Ir1￿m• ¢rMl¢)wmentyfrom: F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 S01 S02 32.113 20.015 26.395 5.221 34,014 27,040 24.744 16.927 harfts￿ a¢bwi￿3 1.337 26.395 5,244 23 Separafflaterfol￿￿ ofhroffje S05 Tol81 Resources expended (Note 61 Expenthtyjre on: Rswfun CharitabbgctsMUJ S07 83,744 87, 71.264 11.231 711 10.065 855 sepAr4ma￿rf￿re￿Qlévft$¢ sio S11 56.994 ,936 56,994 69,791 84,610 82.4T1 Tolal S12 855 Net Incomellexp¢ndltur•l investment g•inslllo8$es) N0tgAkn91lkn￿sI tyn Net Incomellexpondlturel ExLraO￿1rtiiIY" -tèn1 Transfers between funds othgr rgcognlsod galnslllosse5): S13 17.214 11.207 e,857 18.064 S14 20.867 815 S17 Gknaid S16 $19 sy) Nel movement In funds Reconclllatlon of funds.. TotsIfU￿$ broughlforyA TraDsfvrMdt¢ Res•￿e$ $21 S21A 560,679 26.967 805.712 Tot¥1 fijnds catrTl•dfornwd $22 fj25 727

Section B Intanglbl• assotB Tanglblo a860ts Heritage assets Inve8tment8 Balance sheet (Note 15) (Note 14) (Note 16) (Note 171 Total fixed assets BOI 351.605 351,605 351.605 147.774 147.774 126.908 499.379 499.379 478.513 Current assets StoGk8 Debtors (Note 18) {Note 19) (Note 17.4) Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) Total Current assets 169 4918 2.735 2.735 Inve8tments 104.268 29.373 133.641 111.962 BIO 107.003 29,373 136.376 117.049 Crndltors: amounts lalllng duè wlthln ono year (Note 20) 7.965 7.965 5.914 Net currene assets/(liabllities) B12 99.038 29,373 128.411 Total assets les5 GurrFnt liats'lilies ij 598.417 29.373 627.790 589.648 Credltors: amounts falling du• aftgr ono yoar (Note 20) Provlslons for1Sabllltle8 B14 B15 2.063 2.063 Total rwt assets or liabilities B16 596.354 29,373 625.727 587.648 Funds of the Charity Endowmert funds (Note 27) RoStriGtod in¢omg funds INots 27) Unreslricted fund8 Rovaluation r•sorv0 BT7 1.295 25.656 560.697 èT8 29.373 29.373 596.354 B19 596.354 B20 Total funds B21 596.354 29.373 625.727 587,648 Signed by (￿0 or tnjstees on behalf of all the trustees Date of opprov•l Stgnature Print Name Carollne Ellls Gllllan Proflt CC178 {Ex¢el} 0310712024

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Thi$ ￿¢￿e¥￿Yre5liS￿ orunreallsed 98lnsor losse5 on th• BaT8 ofknvestmants and anyyain rexllhwfrorn reA￿1r￿a invo$trnents10 mark•t¥a￿fj aithe atyjof the Yes Wa 2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES U•Wlty Uilthe$ rWnI5￿ Il Is rnore Nkelythan notthal the￿ 1$ 8 I￿1 Isinth otr1wJ8i￿Tr Gomrnffjingthe ¢harttyio paycui￿5￿rceS#nd trt¥muwlofthe obloationtJ￿ btr Moll8ur￿ ￿1th r&wJnable ¢tsinty. SuFWtcosts havebeen •llrrtaW belween 90vam8￿￿ ¢08wand OlhersupporL rA7sts￿mrts¢ al ¢ogts a2¢ountsbllny olthecharftyand Ye5 13Mrnan¢o and upport SupportCO$ts IrtkthrthtralfunEtiDThs4nd allocabjts ActivFtycoAi cotegrth9 ￿ 8 bagi¥thi$thnlb%ith the use of resou￿. •4 v0p8rty￿ts byfknor4re84 N perwita. slaff cos15 by the Ume spenland Olhercosts bythfjlrusapè. Where the chaity9l¥es a grantl￿th ¢(xdlon5for M5 payrn8ntbno 4 gpethc Iwel of servlte tsr¢xlpui tobo pthfydthl, ￿h￿ants￿re Ontyroctyn￿ irntho SOFA0n￿ entof the9r4nl has WOVkl8dthp s￿dIed 5ervt¢ oroulPJI. Gvants plly&l•wlthout WhFApthFtyJre LX)ndltloThsatrAthng grani th￿te￿b$th0OQnoIchth1tytc lslcalyovold theccrfnmSlrnent. 8 Iiatrxlityf(the fvllfundlng ¢blWtron mustt rwJnl¥ed. Yes No Nlo Gr•n¢hh ondKksn• Red￿n￿1￿COlt mwedwdancypa￿￿ntsduthU the reFQtllny p¢rbJd. Yes No matHI itern oldetswgj IrrKnehas boen IrKkkled in lh• y￿)J￿ts. Yes The ch•rttyh8$(YtyJN(rfswhth M￿sUr•s01 seioerrtrntaTh￿ntr kn55 anytrwjp dWurrt¥ es Cre￿￿oIS A lrabltyisff￿BSUred ai Ns hIstC￿C￿l cost ond lh￿ gjbstguenty Provlsklns fr< Il•bJllllM rneasured atlhebest¢slmHteoltheaTN)unt requlred to settletheo￿￿a￿0n althe repjrtiw dats Nla 2.4 ASSETS Ilx•d 4M•isfor The¥8￿ r¥plls8d ￿theY￿n be ft¢morethan 4ne)w. 8t lea¥t s• by¢h•ity ThtyAIÈ valu8d atCQSt. Nl$ Tho ar￿ rrdlots a￿ diiosed li nog.2. The charltyha5 kntsngible fLx•d Asseis.th Is, non4n0￿￿ty8S$ets thal dD Thjth stal subsiance bulgre￿I￿hfi￿ and are contrrjw tythèchaTiiYthroW￿01)ty Gr Ic¥1 The amorbsJtsgn t&1￿5 r£th￿rf. hknBO)knffftdJ55ets Thtyatè atcost. es Thechartyhas hertra%set& thatis. non￿O￿ary•S$￿ hlth h1st0￿, 5den15fSc. tschnoWal. 8eOphbEkalor￿ViranrnfrntsI oualiiosthatare hdd and maifflaln￿ prtnclp8ltyforth¢lr¢ontrbJUon ts knokn4edge and vjlture. The de￿￿b 14t45 aTrJ mothc¥J$uy asdL8clJs•J In nots 9.0.1.4. Yes Nla yaTev4￿d￿1 C47St. In¥•strnonts Fhed ¥sset Investmthits lThgJotedsh•res, trèdÈdbDnds&￿ Sthilsr lnVe¥tr￿nts Are Trrdlued atiniJAItyAiCOSt ar￿ subwwDtyatfalr¥aluÈlth•if m3rketvEluel althejtar e￿. Th• sarnetraAtmwt ts a￿￿t0 u￿15t￿l ITh¥esb￿NISu￿￿S fwrvaI￿eA￿QIbe meA5￿d rdLqtrlvin re11 1$ me15ur&l aieA)g1 Wiwairrnent knv•S￿nty hald ft)F rega￿01 FendIrvJiF￿rSA￿ eré cash and ¢a¥h eoulyaknts ith mgiyrhtyd¥teof ￿$$ Ih•D 1 sear aT¢ IroAted •$ currentAs￿t Investrnents Yos No No Nl8 Sto¢k¥ wk In progfW• stcrtks kddfOr3ll￿as Wrt0fThJnhathtdei￿￿e are rneasu￿ al￿ ￿ty e•tstorn No SorN￿5 As rArtofehtsb￿a￿$r¢ measumd at vdue th? poten￿ provKbJ byitemyol k. Nla Woth in PTogre5&L% volwd ai¢ogt anYfDre$ega￿ kxihatls IlkotytooEcw thocontra Dobtord lirK1ud￿g Irade debtors ar￿ loan$ ￿G￿vable1￿¢ nwured tyi Inst￿1 at SelUNryrtam￿nIafteT anYtr8de¢is￿￿tts0rJmc￿ntad¥ar￿￿Y bythocharfty. Subswuty, they?rn rneJSUTed aithec4th oroih¥¢M5vJ2rotion expwedto bortcefved. The(h￿tyhaS ha5 Inv•StmMtsYthkth11 holdsforresak oi Kndltw th￿rS8 r49h ewlvaknnls llha rnabJrityd8tÉ ￿98th one wr. Thfrs£ Incl￿ (xhon depos￿8nd￿sh ewpvajents￿th& mabJrbtyié dtoss thancffle yhpjd fty InYestrnBnl wrpc•g¥ r4therihan rne8f sh)rt termc45hcc¢nmMÉnts8siwfall dL. Yes NIA D•b¢OM Yes Nl8 In¥q•tnrf• No Th8yirevaiL*d atfoiTvalueexcepithothsyquEttya2 bast flwck91 In5trum2nt&

Section C Notes to the accounts cont Note 3 Analysls of Income R•strfcted Unrestricted Income fund$ nds Endovmient lund8 Total fund$ Pdoryear Donations and legacles: Donations and Gift Aid Wl Closin Institutes General grants provided by governmentlolher 296 1,264 1,001 Membership subscriptions and SpOns(￿h1pS 30,553 30,553 Donated ods facilities and seNices Other Total 32,113 1.901 Charitable activities: Fundraisi ActNities AGM Accommodation 19,700 19,700 1,337 1,337 Other Charftsbfe Actlvilies income 315 20.015 315 21,352 Total 1.337 Othor trading actlvltles: Room Rental Newsletter income Publications Other Tradin 73 7.016 5.826 13,373 7,016 5,826 180 26.395 activiligs Incomo from investments: Interest income Divid8nd income Rentsl and le8sin income Other 2.336 2,885 23 2,359 2.885 Total 5221 23 S•parate matarlal It•m of Ineomo: Total Othv.. Conversion of endowment funds into income Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held or charil sownus Gain on disposal of a programme related Investment Royalties from the exploilatK)n of intellectual hts Other Total TOTAL INCOME Other infomiatlon. All Income in the prlor year was unrÈstri¢ted except for: (pl￿$• provide de8crlpilon and amounts) Excess on AGM ￿0dation spendirwJ over receipts of £3,256 aThJ Closgd Institutss recgipl of £822 CC17a (Excel) 0310712024

Sect+on C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 6 Analysis of Èxpendlture This ye La91 year R•%twlctwJ Analys1$ Ex dtturè on raisin stagirrtj funthaBirg evw lundB Incom•fLm fvnds Tot•1 thJr Toiallunds fund& 11,231 Total expendlture on rahlng fvnds 11,231 11231 10,065 10,065 Expendltura on ¢harltabl8 aetlvlilès: Chartlat￿P￿tlvrt￿$ EXpe￿S AGM ArKommodatK)tt Costs 711 711 855 334 855 7.462 Totsl expendlture on t￿￿*bI• a¢tMIIos 711 85S 1.566 7.462 7.796 Other Admlrtstr&titsn costs 56 994 56,994 64.610 64.610 Totsl othpr expendlture TOTAL EXPEND￿uRE 56,994 68.936 $6,994 64.610 75,009 64.610 855 CC17a IExcdl 0310712024

Section C Note5 to the accounts Nole 8 Funds rKeived as agent 8.1 Ple•se Complete Ihls Mth• ¢harity •gr•ed to edmlnlster the fuftds of anoth•r•ntilyas its ag•nf. Note.. Il• ¢haiity Is actlng as an ag•n¢ It $houldnot recognis• th• inwno In the Statement of FinancialAGtivilios or the Balance Shoot. Amount ro¢¢ived Amount Id out Balanc• held at rlod •nd Desviptlonlname ol party Rolat•d party (Yes Th1$ ar Thls Last Thls Last Subscripti¢)ns to National Federa￿t)n of Womans Institutè INFWI) Y•5 37.172 32,972 37.1)40 Fomiatl¢)n of Nèw In#titute 1,655 1.655 Payment to ACV*W 825 36 825 Proylslon for Servlc• Chargo 1,200 937 400 2,CWJO Total CC170 IExcell OY0712024

Section C Notes lo the accounts Note 10 Details of certaln Itom8 of expenditure 40.1 Fo8s for examlnatlon of the accounts Ple4s0 provld¢ d•tall$ olth amount pald forany statutory extemalscrntlny of a￿oUnts and otherserylces provided byyour Independent examiner. Mnothlnq was paid please •nt•r V'ln the appropriat• l)oxles). Thi$ year L•$t y•ar IndoPondonlexamln9Vs fg8S Assuranco 8erAce8 olhw than •udit or independent examlnatlon Tax advi$¢)ry f•os Oth￿f￿8 (for •xampl•: financial advlc•, con$ultan¢y. accountan¢y s•rvIc￿) pald to the Independent examln CC170 (Excdl 03107r2024

Section C Notes to the accounts {contl Note 11 Paid employees Please complete thls note if the charity has any employees. 11.1 staff Costs This year Last year Salarles and wages Soclal securfty costs Penslon Costs (deflned contrlbutlon scheme} Other employee beneflts 27.566 29,483 467 464 Total staff costs Thls year: Please give detalls of the number of employees whose total employee benefrts (excluding employer pension costs) fell wlthln each band 01£l0,000 from £60.000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter Yrue, In the box pmvlded. No employees recelved employee beneflts (excludlng employer penslon costs) for the reportlng perlod of more than £60,000 TRUE 11.2 Averago head Count in the year The parts of tho charlty In which the employees work s year Number ast year Number Totsl CC17a {Excel) 0310712024

Section C Note5 to the accounts cont Note 14 Tonglble fixed assets wnploto thts not• If the charlty has any tangllH• assets 141 Co8torv8lvation Fr8ehold land & bulldln9$ Oth•r land & b￿1￿1￿98 Plant. machln•ry and motor vohlcl88 Fixtur•$. Ilttlngs and ￿¥1PMent Total At the beonn1r￿ ofthe year A(Jdibons 351,605 Revalua￿on$ DTr5posals Translars" At er￿ of the year 351.fy)5 351.fAIS 142 D•prn¢iation and impalrn*nts

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SL or R8 Isirdighl Line or Reducing Bela￿) SLorRB SLorRB SL OT FiB SLorRB - Ratè At béginning of the year Disposals Depreciailon Impalrment Trar6fws' At end of thg yeaT 14.3 Net btsok value Net book v4ue al the beginnlw ofthe year 351.605 351.605 Net book value at the end ofthè yaar 351.605 351.8OS CC17a (E￿1) 0310712024

Seclion C Notes to the accounts cont Note 17 invesknenl a￿ets compl•1• IlHs rt01grfthg Charity￿4 •ny InvesbMntK8•ts. 17.1 Fix•d assets knvestrn•nts Ipl•a$• provld• for ￿h ela55 ol In¥oStm•ntl C¥h&¢• 49u6valents Llt Inv•%tm•rt rop•rtkB Socl&l T)i•l Carrying ltslrl v8lu8 at Winning of period Add.. addthonsto investh18nt8 duri)g ppriDd' L￿9.. dlskwls at Ca￿n9 v#lu• 126,907 126.907 Loss.. IM￿1￿￿¢￿¢$ Add.. Rtvewl ofirnwirm•nts Addlldedueti: translerin1lD￿j In tho Addlld8ductl.' neigaknllkntsl revalualk) CarTyinu Ifalrl value at onrf of year 20,867 20.887 147.774 147.774 'PIMse sp6¢lfyaddlllons relu￿￿0 frtsrn acquisitiDn5 ¢hroygh buslno5• comblnatlons, •ny. Pleae n¢)to that Falr V•lue In th1¥ ￿￿•￿11& th• thmovnirorwhl¢h4n 48$•t¢oUld￿￿hIffg￿rfts￿t￿•￿ knwl•gabl•4n willin9P&rth¥ In •n 4rm¥ lonqth trans￿110￿. For trat￿$t¢￿rit1es. the fotr v•lv• Is ihe v•lu¢ of fhe sKurityquotÈd on the London Sroek Ex¢h>￿9￿0•11yOfftthI Llst or•qulv&l•ni. ForotlJwasse¢5 wlrere thels nomarkgtprlco on * trad￿￿rf(4¢ 11 1$ the lrnsteos'orvaluors'b95t •slbno1• ollalrtrnl 17.2 Pl•aso pmvido a bro8kdon d Inwobmnts shown #bow agreglng ￿th th• bal&n¢• sheet row B04 dIfferen￿￿tIng betrm•n thos• ￿ld •tl•k ¥aluB and thos• held at cost loss ifflpalnnonL An￿y818 of In¥•8tmènts FalrYalu• at yoarond Cash or u$h equlvol8Thts Ll#t•d Invgstmwnts 147,774 In¥•8thièh¢ proptrfi¢¥ So¢ial inve$trnErrts Other In¥osth*n¢ Total Grand totsl {FaIr￿l￿O al y￿r+￿d•co1t IM8 iMp•kn￿nI) CC17a (Excdl 0310712024

Section C Note5 to the accounts cont Not? 19 Debtors and prepayments Pleas8 Gomplete this note If the charlty has any debtors orprepayments. 19.1 Analysls of debtors This year Last year Trade debtor8 Prgpaymgnts and accrued Incom? Other debtors 134 4,784 2.435 Total 2,n5 4.918 Please complete 19.2 where a mat•rlal d•btoris recoverable ￿￿Te than a yearaft•r tho roportlng dato. 19.2 Analysis of dabtors r•coverable in more than 1 yoar (included In debtorn above) This year Last year Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued Income Other debtors Total CC17a IEx¢&ll 0310712024

Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 20 Credltors and accruals Please complete thjs not¢ If the ¢harily has any Gredltors or accruals. 20.1 Analysls of ¢rnditors Amounts falllng due within one ear This voar Last vear Arnounts falling du• after more than one year This yèar ￿￿t year Atcruals for grants payable Bank loans and ovgrdraft5 Trade Credltors Paymonts received on account for contracts or performan¢prrolated grant8 Accruals and deferred incomo Taxatlon and soclal 6ecurlty Other credltor8 6,208 795 962 4,601 830 Total 20.2 Deferred Income Pleas• complètè this note if the char7ty has defen¥d In¢om This ar ar Pl•a$e oxplain the reasons why in¢om• is deferred. We charge for a speaker directory. which is published bi-annually. Half tha income is held over 3,468 2,340 This year Last year Balanc• at thg stsrt of the reportlng porlod Amounts add￿ In ¢urront perfod Amounts releasod to In¢om• from prevlous perlod8 Balance at th• •nd tsf the rgporting period 2,340 6,936 310 2.340 5.808 3,468 310 2,340 CC17a {Excel} 0310712024

Section C Note5 to the Bccoiints corTt Nots 24 Cash at bank and In hand Thls v8ar Last voar Shortt•mi t•sh inve¥tn*ni¥ Ileg• than J months M￿lrIty dats) Shortterm dèpostta Cish at bank and on hnd Other Totsl 101.198 CC17• IEx¢dl 0310712024

SeCti4Trn C Note5 10 the accounts Not•28 Trdn5aC￿on wth trugtw ¥tyd r•latod part￿5 Thli y4ar Mowotthe rfrnwqr¥tknnorr•<rf•d any rrtherb•D•thfroma •wknym•ntwtth th•ththLyorar+thdtnt￿ rrrub0rF￿Hl TRLIE La•ty•ar MDnoofthe w￿￿•$ kovebèM rqrnwurlltknnorrK•lnd any otherbenef15from ym•ntwtthth•trchwityor&rntsd•ntly (TrwryFth• TRUE 2a.2Trwl•M' XP•bW• TRUE Thri y L•JlyMr 1.445 ¢(￿Mod•ll)n TOTAL Pg$0 r•lmbvr8•dfor•Xpw￿O• h4 •xE￿•s Pkld tyth•chity 21JTMnx•cth>ThlNl¥#h rel•wd Thli y•Hr Th￿ pwty F•lpJ liru•rypyiBol TrL tkn•of¢h•iriwty• pprty R•￿0￿￿1p tothoirty D¢ripfjOn of th• atpwknd•Trd durfr fgpwt5n9 Th•Th hw•b•on nornl•i•d pwtytranb•¢tthlb ￿r￿•VrFthD Dun R•WoTh•h1p D••¢rfotYJhofthe Bu￿nC•I P•r￿ Pr¢vibiMforbittd * wlod•n CC1TalEKcd)

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of HERTFORDSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES

On accounts for the year 31 March 2024 Charity no 1202209 ended (if any)

Set out on pages

1-2

(Remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

• to state whether matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below *)

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

4. have not been met; or

5. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

6. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed:

Date: 21/06/2024

Name: CHARLES GOLDSTEIN

Relevant professional CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

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IER

March 2012

qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: HEARTWOOD ACCOUNTANTS LTD RIVERSIDE HOUSE, 3 PLACE FARM WHEATHAMPSTEAD HERTS. AL4 8SB Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

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IER

March 2012

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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IER

March 2012