Registered charity · Dorset
Dorset Federation of Women's Institutes Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £131k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Heather Kathleen TrenchardTrustee · since 2024
- Janet Kaye WatsonTrustee · since 2020
- Jennifer ANN PrestonTrustee · since 2014
- Leri AyreTrustee · since 2022
- Lynne Elizabeth AveryTrustee · since 2024
- Margaret Edith BunchTrustee · since 2020
- Shehnaz Annabella JacksonTrustee · since 2024
- Shelley JeffriesTrustee · since 2025
- Yvonne Joyce MarshTrustee · since 2020
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
- Dorset
- Website
- www.theWI.org.uk/dorset (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dorset Federation of Women's Institutes Limited
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£131k£126k
- 2024£101k£80k
- 2023£127k£114k
Earlier years
- 2022£69k£62k
- 2021£45k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2. 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; ANDIII. 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 USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ANDII. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;(C) TO ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND3(D) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING.3. IN ARTICLE 2 “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.4. THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, OF DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS, AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION STANDS.OBJECTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL FEDERATION5. THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN DORSET AND ELSEWHERE.
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
- Heather Kathleen Trenchard since 2024
- Janet Kaye Watson since 2020
- Jennifer ANN Preston since 2014
- Leri Ayre since 2022
- Lynne Elizabeth Avery since 2024
- Margaret Edith Bunch since 2020
- Shehnaz Annabella Jackson since 2024
- Shelley Jeffries since 2025
- Yvonne Joyce Marsh since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Jennifer ANN Preston since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Heather Kathleen Trenchard since 2024
- Janet Kaye Watson since 2020
- Jennifer ANN Preston since 2014
- Leri Ayre since 2022
- Lynne Elizabeth Avery since 2024
- Margaret Edith Bunch since 2020
- Shehnaz Annabella Jackson since 2024
- Shelley Jeffries since 2025
- Yvonne Joyce Marsh since 2020
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
- 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
- 1041714
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/06/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/04/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/04/2004NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 MAR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 OCT 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 02722759 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01305266366 · dorsetfwi@uwclub.net
- 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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