Brighton Women's Centre

Registered charity 1003790 Registered since 1991

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Amber Woodward-Brown Chair since 2022
Emma Lamberton since 2026
Joanne Bautista-Connor since 2024
Mary D'Arcy since 2022
Tallulah Frankland since 2024

2.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Amber Woodward-Brown Chair since 2022
Emma Lamberton since 2026
Joanne Bautista-Connor since 2024
Mary D'Arcy since 2022
Tallulah Frankland since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 4Education 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board
Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.4m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021

39 from 17 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

60%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Hounslow Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Similar size; both Poverty relief
Rushmoor Citizens Advice Bureaux Similar size; both Poverty relief
Families for Children Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
Ichthus Christian Fellowship Similar size; both Poverty relief
Strawberry Care Foundation Limited Similar size; both Poverty relief
Rookwood Foundation LTD Similar size; both Poverty relief

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.womenscentre.org.uk
Email	lisadando@womenscentre.org.uk
Phone	01273 698036
Address	3 Morley Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 9RA

Finances

£1,353,650 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£691,078	£541,670
2022	£796,351	£742,314
2023	£912,363	£906,552
2024	£1,454,755	£1,250,251
2025	£1,353,650	£1,362,846

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF AND TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES. (B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST WOMEN IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/04/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/12/2013 as amended on 19 Nov 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees

39median age

0aged 70+

Amber Woodward-Brownage band 35-39 Chair since 2022
Emma Lambertonage band 40-44 since 2026
Joanne Bautista-Connorage band 30-34 since 2024
Mary D'Arcyage band 55-59 since 2022
Tallulah Franklandage band 30-34 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Brighton Women's Centre · 02601210 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/04/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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