The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Women's AID Federation of England

Registered charity 1054154 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.womensaid.org.uk
Emailinfo@womensaid.org.uk
Phone01179444411
AddressPO Box 3245, BRISTOL, Avon, BS2 2EH

Finances

£5,493,384 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,091,885£6,174,303
2022£6,240,065£5,600,394
2023£5,397,522£6,786,963
2024£7,174,969£8,395,842
2025£5,493,384£6,916,749

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Women's AID Federation of England · 03171880 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/03/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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