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Registered charity · Avon

Women's AID Federation of England

Women's AID Federation of England is a registered charity (number 1054154) based in Avon, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Makgoadi Turpin since 2024. Latest income £5.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Wafe, Women's Aid (Charity Commission)

The Objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to promote the protection of women and children who have suffered from or are exposed to domestic violence, by such means as are charitable including (without limitation):(a) the preservation...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £5.5m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.womensaid.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Women's AID Federation of England
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.5m£6.9m
  • 2024£7.2m£8.4m
  • 2023£5.4m£6.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.2m£5.6m
  • 2021£10m£6.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to promote the protection of women and children who have suffered from or are exposed to domestic violence, by such means as are charitable including (without limitation):(a) the preservation and protection of their mental and physical health;(b) the relief of need;(c) the promotion of research and education concerning violence against women and children and the publication of the useful results of such research; and(d) increasing the public understanding and awareness of violence against women and children and changing public perceptions of such violence in situations where it is still tolerated.

Grants received

50 grants · £15,144,890 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £17,5002026-02-09
  • SHAREGIFT £1,0002025-12-15
  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002025-08-19
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £98,9122025-03-12
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £98,9132025-01-21
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

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Accommodation/housing 8General Charitable Purposes 1

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 11Other services 7Education 3

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£5.5m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.9 in 2021

97 from 73 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1054154
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH MARCH 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION IN 2001 AND ON 17 JULY 2008.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUN 2012 as amended on 10 Dec 2024 as amended on 22 Apr 2025
Companies House
Company number 03171880 · Active
Contact on the register
01179444411 · info@womensaid.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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