The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Sister Circle

Registered charity 1033764 Registered since 1994

Operates: Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Southwark

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.6y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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 10

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£953k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021

22 from 13 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.
66%
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sistercircle.org.uk
Emailhello@sistercircle.org.uk
Phone02073778725
AddressTHE BRADY CENTRE, 192-196 HANBURY STREET, LONDON, E1 5HU

Finances

£953,423 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£567,981£471,059
2022£521,969£493,242
2023£616,936£656,038
2024£783,912£738,351
2025£953,423£860,558

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST WOMEN RESIDENT IN TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING BOROUGHS, IN PARTICULAR AFRICAN, AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND ASIAN WOMEN BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY (B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING BOROUGHS.(C) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATION AND ENCOURAGING SERVICES WHICH MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCES IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT EQUALITY IN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND GOOD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 FEBRUARY 1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 MARCH 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 OCT 2016 as amended on 24 Feb 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
39median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sister Circle LTD. · 02897750 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/02/1994

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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