The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Shantona Women's & Family Services Ltd.

Registered charity 1075752 Registered since 1999

Operates: Leeds City

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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

4.4y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 7Disability 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.

Dormant 6Professional services 1

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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£559k 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.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.1 in 2021

25 from 27 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.shantona.co.uk
Emailadmin@shantona.co.uk
Phone0113 2497120
AddressShantona Women's & Family Services, Shepherds Lane, LEEDS, LS8 5AW

Finances

£558,533 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£674,927£549,879
2022£539,744£583,111
2023£621,466£577,033
2024£574,401£649,354
2025£558,533£589,538

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

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 Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIMEOCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, FOR WOMEN OF BANGLADESHI AND OTHER MINORITY ETHNIC ORIGIN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 22 JANUARY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 MAY 1999 as amended on 23 Oct 2019 as amended on 05 Oct 2023 as amended on 16 Jul 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Shantona Women's & Family Services LTD. · 03496978 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/01/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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