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WPUK have released a financial statement showing money received by source and how it is spent

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OvaHere · 28/11/2020 12:14

womansplaceuk.org/2020/11/28/wpuk-financial-statement-2020/

Perhaps we can quit with the 'dark money' narrative now.

I was a little surprised to see a grant from Lush Charity Pot in there. Perhaps as a company they aren't a total write off after all.

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persistentwoman · 29/11/2020 23:41

Yes we all know how loaded a lot of GC activists are. And I think it shows in the entilement that seems to be a ommon theme including here

Wow - posting on a feminist board complaining about women earning their own income that ...(checks notes) "shows the entitlement" Grin Grin

Heaven forfend that women should ever have careers, be successful, have an independent income.... Methinks someone's anti-women views are being displayed (yet again)

GCAcademic · 29/11/2020 23:41

Yes we all know how loaded a lot of GC activists are.

Is it cos the US far right pay us all a mega salary?

You are too funny 😂 😂 😂

334bu · 29/11/2020 23:36

God forbid a woman should dare to complain!

334bu · 29/11/2020 23:35

🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐!!!!!!!!!!!

jj1968 · 29/11/2020 23:32

@StillAFeminist

jj1968 Yes your quite correct Thank-you

£5000 in legal fees is pretty shocking though

I’d best not tell you my day rate if you think that’s shocking Grin

Yes we all know how loaded a lot of GC activists are. And I think it shows in the entilement that seems to be a ommon theme including here. WPUK think they are perfectly entitled to send out threatening legal letters threatening to sue for defamation when they have no grounds to do so as they cannot be legally defamed, however they don't want to do the basic due dilligence that would mean someone could do the same to them. They think they should have the right to sue, or at least use legal threats to silence criticism, but not be subject to the same pressures or accountability themselves.
Ereshkigalangcleg · 29/11/2020 23:30

They've also published a chilling account of the silencing of women in the labour party.

That was really awful. Recommended reading. People with control of the narrative are manipulating the use of virtual conferencing to push their agenda.

persistentwoman · 29/11/2020 23:26

Love this thread - so many opportunities to showcase a great campaigning women's organisation like WPUK

StillAFeminist · 29/11/2020 23:22

jj1968 Yes your quite correct
Thank-you

£5000 in legal fees is pretty shocking though

I’d best not tell you my day rate if you think that’s shocking Grin

persistentwoman · 29/11/2020 23:21

Yup - they are very interested in the law and how it works - see here:

womansplaceuk.org/law-legal-rights/

jj1968 · 29/11/2020 23:18

@StillAFeminist

Sigh.

jj1968 Turnover and Income are different things

Please tell me you dont work in finance Shock

Yes your quite correct, £45k turnover, we dont know their profit from trading activities because it isn't broken down in their financial statement, although if you include the research grant it looks like they made a profit.

£5000 in legal fees is pretty shocking though given unincorporated associations can't take legal action, own property or enter into formal contracts.

PlonitbatPlonit · 29/11/2020 23:09

@jj1968 a conference for close to a 1,000 people was held in February of this year.

MoonPomme · 29/11/2020 23:08

I was wondering when the shit was gonna hit the fan for lush.
Have they issued a grovelling apology yet?

StillAFeminist · 29/11/2020 23:08

Sigh.

jj1968 Turnover and Income are different things

Please tell me you dont work in finance Shock

334bu · 29/11/2020 23:05

🤐 Women's role in life according to jj.

persistentwoman · 29/11/2020 23:02

They've also published a chilling account of the silencing of women in the labour party. They really are putting their funds to good use. So glad so many women support them from our hard earned incomes Smile

womansplaceuk.org/2020/11/22/erasing-and-silencing-women-in-the-name-of-inclusion/

PlonitbatPlonit · 29/11/2020 22:59

The outrage on twitter about the (relatively tiny) Lush grant is something to behold!

jj1968 · 29/11/2020 22:57

@StillAFeminist

JJ1968 Where do you get the figure of £50k turnover a year from?

Note You have already been reminded those accounts cover the period from Jan ‘18 to Oct ‘20 and its very clearly stated on the accounts as well.

We’re wasting our time here if you’re just going to make stuff up and keep repeating it.

Total income £127,434.42 over 2 years ten months, so yes fair enough its closer to £45k a year, although given they havent held any meetings this year presumably most of that came in over the first two years.
persistentwoman · 29/11/2020 22:47

WPUK have also published a 'Mythbusters' section about themselves. Again interesting reading

womansplaceuk.org/2020/11/28/wpuk-mythbusters/

StillAFeminist · 29/11/2020 22:45

JJ1968 Where do you get the figure of £50k turnover a year from?

Note You have already been reminded those accounts cover the period from Jan ‘18 to Oct ‘20 and its very clearly stated on the accounts as well.

We’re wasting our time here if you’re just going to make stuff up and keep repeating it.

jj1968 · 29/11/2020 22:44

I don't really care that much, just find it interesting that they don't seem to care that much either.

MoonPomme · 29/11/2020 22:38

Why dont you call hmrc in the morning then jj?

334bu · 29/11/2020 22:20

Bad women !!!!!!!!!!

persistentwoman · 29/11/2020 22:20

Here's a fascinating account of how WPUK developed - their first meeting was in response to Linda Bellos being un invited by a student society. It's a great example of how women's groups have sprung up all over the place in the last few years - a real emergence of a vibrant community of women fighting male oppression:

womansplaceuk.org/2020/11/28/reflections-on-wpuk-making-womens-voices-count/

jj1968 · 29/11/2020 22:16

@Deltoids1

So are tickets at the football dinner! Or a half time raffle.

My partners cycling club holds monthly talks, sometimes with paid speakers. It’s £5 a ticket and you get pie and peas supper. Don’t have to be a member to attend. And guess what? They’re not trading either.

Yes lots of small associations do things like that, and the law on what constitutes trading is quite complicated but I don't think HMRC care much when its a few hundred quid. £50k a year turnover and a £40k surplus is a bit different though.
GCAcademic · 29/11/2020 22:14

Gosh, our monthly village cinema club must be trading by that definition.

Should I tip off HMRC next time they take £3.50 off me?