Registered charity · Bedford
Bedfordshire County Federation of Women's Institutes
- 10 trustees
- Income £82k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elizabeth CochraneChair · since 2014
- Diane May SanbrookTrustee
- Diane May SanbrookTrustee
- Dorothy Anne WiggTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth PotterTrustee
- Hazel WadeTrustee · since 2022
- Julie Dawn PriceTrustee · since 2026
- Rita HutchinsonTrustee · since 2021
- Sally BallTrustee
- Susan Katherine PestellTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford
- Linked company
- The Bedfordshire County Federation of Women's Institutes
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£82k£67k
- 2023£82k£77k
- 2022£66k£63k
Earlier years
- 2021£58k£46k
- 2020£54k£54k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN BEDFORDSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE
Grants received
1 grant · £8,400 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,400
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Elizabeth Cochrane Chair since 2014
- Diane May Sanbrook
- Diane May Sanbrook
- Dorothy Anne Wigg since 2020
- Elizabeth Potter
- Hazel Wade since 2022
- Julie Dawn Price since 2026
- Rita Hutchinson since 2021
- Sally Ball
- Susan Katherine Pestell since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Cochrane Chair since 2014
- Dorothy Anne Wigg since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Elizabeth Cochrane Chair since 2014
- Dorothy Anne Wigg since 2020
- Elizabeth Potter
- Hazel Wade since 2022
- Julie Dawn Price since 2026
- Rita Hutchinson since 2021
- Sally Ball
- Susan Katherine Pestell since 2024
Portfolio (2)
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1029278
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/04/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 MAR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 OCT 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02708888 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01234359538 · fedsec@bedfordshirewis.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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