Registered charity · Rugeley
The Ridwares Women's Institute
- 3 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Anthea SmithTrustee · since 2019
- Karen ParsonsTrustee · since 2021
- Karen WakefieldTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Staffordshire
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£12k
- 2024£11k£10k
- 2023£11k£12k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£10k
- 2021£5k£5k
Charitable objects
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE TO ENABLE WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RURAL LIFE, INCLUDING ARTS, CRAFTS AND SCIENCES, TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP CONDITIONS OF RURAL LIFE, TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION IN CITIZENSHIP, IN PUBLIC QUESTIONS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, IN MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS AND IN ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, HANDICRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE. IT SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
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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.
3 trustees on the board
- Anthea Smith since 2019
- Karen Wakefield
- Karen Parsons since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthea Smith since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Anthea Smith since 2019
- Karen Wakefield
- Karen Parsons since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1021278
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MODEL CONSTITUTION AND RULES (ALREADY LODGED)
- Contact on the register
- 01543490650 · secretary@sfwi.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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