Registered charity · Ipswich
Suffolk East Federation of Women's Institutes
- 8 trustees
- Income £87k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Jennifer Elizabeth PearsonChair · since 2022
- Alice RobertsonTrustee · since 2023
- Anita ScrubyTrustee · since 2019
- Cindy LawesTrustee · since 2026
- Diana Rosemary TottenTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer WightmanTrustee · since 2023
- Lynda LeesmithTrustee · since 2018
- Wendy June HeathTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- MID Suffolk Carriage Driving for the Disabled · 1 shared trustee
- GOT to Read · 1 shared trustee
- Earl Soham Women's Institute · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.sefwi.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Suffolk East Federation of Women's Institutes
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87k£85k
- 2024£110k£114k
- 2023£108k£122k
Earlier years
- 2022£175k£194k
- 2021£119k£122k
Charitable objects
THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL AREAS INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION)(I) LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE;(II) MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS; AND (III) ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE(B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(I) EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT US OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND(II) PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION(C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND(D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING.
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- Jennifer Elizabeth Pearson Chair since 2022
- Alice Robertson since 2023
- Anita Scruby since 2019
- Cindy Lawes since 2026
- Diana Rosemary Totten since 2024
- Jennifer Wightman since 2023
- Lynda Leesmith since 2018
- Wendy June Heath since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Anita Scruby since 2019
- Lynda Leesmith since 2018
- Wendy June Heath since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alice Robertson since 2023
- Anita Scruby since 2019
- Diana Rosemary Totten since 2024
- Jennifer Wightman since 2023
- Lynda Leesmith since 2018
- Wendy June Heath since 2013
Portfolio (2)
- Jennifer Elizabeth Pearson Chair since 2022
- Cindy Lawes since 2026
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.
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
- 1025356
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/07/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/02/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/02/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 02839087 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01473251632 · office@sefwi.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
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