Widows Rights International
Registered charity 1069142 Registered since 1998
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Anne Zarin Hainsworth-Fadaei OBE Chair
- Abda Begum Younis since 2023
- Dr Wendy Cunningham Momen MBE since 2018
- Leslie Gornall since 2023
- Margaret Mary Clark since 2018
- Pauline Ann Stewart since 2025
4.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Wendy Cunningham Momen MBE since 2018
- Margaret Mary Clark since 2018
10.8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anne Zarin Hainsworth-Fadaei OBE Chair
- Abda Begum Younis since 2023
- Leslie Gornall since 2023
- Margaret Mary Clark since 2018
- Pauline Ann Stewart since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Wendy Cunningham Momen MBE since 2018
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 6Other Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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.
Other services 4Arts and leisure 3Professional services 2
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 4 years.
incomespending£2k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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
- Bedford Council of Faiths 1 shared trustee
- The Ashworth Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- National Alliance of Women's Organisations 1 shared trustee
- Baha'I Agency for Social and Economic Development - United Kingdom 1 shared trustee
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of the United Kingdom 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Pinner Eruv Company Limited Similar size; both Human rights
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.widowsrights.net |
| wendi@momen.org | |
| Phone | 07790795630 |
| Address | WIXAMTREE, 28 SAND LANE, NORTHILL, BIGGLESWADE, BEDS., SG18 9AD |
Finances
£1,779 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,087 | £2,123 |
| 2022 | £6,506 | £5,102 |
| 2022 | £4,905 | £4,090 |
| 2023 | £2,443 | £4,710 |
| 2024 | £1,779 | £1,982 |
What it does
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable PurposesWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Provides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF WIDOWS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH THE THE WELFARE OF WIDOWS.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST MADE 25TH JULY 1997, AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 8TH MARCH 1998 AND 31 DECEMBER 2003.
Trustees (6)
6trustees
68median age
1aged 70+
- Anne Zarin Hainsworth-Fadaei OBE Chair
- Abda Begum Younisage band 55-59 since 2023
- Dr Wendy Cunningham Momen MBEage band 75-79 since 2018
- Leslie Gornall since 2023
- Margaret Mary Clark since 2018
- Pauline Ann Stewartage band 65-69 since 2025
Connected charities (4)
- Bedford Council of Faiths 1 shared trustee
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of the United Kingdom 1 shared trustee
- Baha'I Agency for Social and Economic Development - United Kingdom 1 shared trustee
- The Ashworth Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
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