Registered charity · Gloucester
Avening Womens Institute
- 9 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alison PottsTrustee · since 2023
- Andrea ThomasTrustee · since 2023
- Bridget Mary SewardTrustee · since 2012
- Elizabeth Theyer KnowlesTrustee · since 2013
- Gwyneth Margaret SimpsonTrustee · since 2011
- Helen Elizabeth HaiseldenTrustee · since 2015
- Hilary BarrattTrustee · since 2023
- Susan RolfeTrustee · since 2016
- Wendy Margaret JenningsTrustee · since 2021
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, Education/training
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£7k
- 2024£11k£12k
- 2023£9k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£4k
- 2021£1k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE MAIN PURPOSES 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.
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
- Alison Potts since 2023
- Andrea Thomas since 2023
- Bridget Mary Seward since 2012
- Elizabeth Theyer Knowles since 2013
- Gwyneth Margaret Simpson since 2011
- Helen Elizabeth Haiselden since 2015
- Hilary Barratt since 2023
- Susan Rolfe since 2016
- Wendy Margaret Jennings since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Bridget Mary Seward since 2012
- Elizabeth Theyer Knowles since 2013
- Gwyneth Margaret Simpson since 2011
- Helen Elizabeth Haiselden since 2015
- Susan Rolfe since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alison Potts since 2023
- Andrea Thomas since 2023
- Bridget Mary Seward since 2012
- Elizabeth Theyer Knowles since 2013
- Gwyneth Margaret Simpson since 2011
- Helen Elizabeth Haiselden since 2015
- Hilary Barratt since 2023
- Susan Rolfe since 2016
- Wendy Margaret Jennings since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1030214
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 MAR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01452523966
- 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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