The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

West Cornwall Women's AID

Registered charity 1100329 Registered since 2003

Operates: Cornwall

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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.

7 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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 7Business services 2Other 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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£706k 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.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.8 in 2021

27 from 19 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wcwaid.co.uk
Emailadmin@wcwaid.co.uk
Phone01736367543
AddressPO BOX 94, PENZANCE, CORNWALL, TR18 2XP

Finances

£706,272 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£514,820£496,157
2022£673,572£557,494
2023£769,854£725,969
2024£789,695£797,985
2025£706,272£843,625

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3. The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are:1. to provide for the relief of poverty, distress and suffering experienced by women or children who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence irrespective of race, culture, sexual orientation or ability, in particular but not exclusively by:a) providing short term refuge accommodation to women and their children whose safety is at risk as a result of domestic abuse, sexual violence including exploitation and modern slavery, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation. b) providing support services to women and their children in refuge accommodation to meet their additional physical, mental and emotional needs, to promote their long-term safety and well-being and to enable them to progress from danger to safety and independence. c) providing on-going community-based support for the health and well-being of women and their families who are safe to do so and who wish to do so, to stay in their own homes.d) providing community resettlement services to support women and their children progressing from refuge accommodation to independent living. e) recruiting, training and supporting paid and unpaid staff to provide a range of community-based services to women and children (in particular but not exclusively one to one support, counselling, helpline, psycho-educational and other well-being activities)2. to inform and educate the public, other service providers and authorities and the media on gender-based abuse and its impacts.?

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 MAR 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 MAY 2021 as amended on 11 Apr 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

West Cornwall Women's AID · 04694786 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/03/2003

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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