Registered charity · Cardiff
Women Connect First
Women Connect First is a registered charity (number 1110834) based in Cardiff, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Gwendolin Chi Ngum since 2020. Latest income £425k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Women Connect First LTD (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £425k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 7 more
- Where
- Caerphilly, Cardiff, Vale Of Glamorgan
- Website
- www.womenconnectfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Women Connect First
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£425k£414k
- 2024£479k£496k
- 2023£611k£640k
Earlier years
- 2022£672k£527k
- 2021£631k£571k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 39%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES;2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND/OR PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL SUFFERING AMONGST WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES;3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WALES, BY (I) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF WOMEN MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(II) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS NEEDS OF MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
Grants received
43 grants · £3,608,367 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,123,620 (12 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £371,124 (7 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £364,700 (4 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £225,800 (5 grants)
- CAF · £131,681
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Gwendolin Chi Ngum Chair since 2020
- Dr Sofia Vougioukalou since 2024
- Lyan Hassan since 2024
- Misbah Mohammed Abdul-Halim since 2025
- Saroop Kaur since 2024
- Stephanie Makuvise since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Gwendolin Chi Ngum Chair since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Gwendolin Chi Ngum Chair since 2020
- Dr Sofia Vougioukalou since 2024
- Lyan Hassan since 2024
- Misbah Mohammed Abdul-Halim since 2025
- Saroop Kaur since 2024
- Stephanie Makuvise since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1110834
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAR 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 MAY 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 04715832 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02920343154 · admin@womenconnectfirst.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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