Registered charity · England
The Circle of Women
- 12 trustees
- Income £801k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Amarachi ClarkeTrustee · since 2022
- Anne AslettTrustee · since 2026
- Jane KarczewskiTrustee · since 2024
- Karis Victoria MclartyTrustee · since 2022
- Laura GriffinTrustee · since 2024
- Livia GiuggioliTrustee · since 2014
- Maria Agustina OliveriTrustee · since 2026
- Nicole LoweTrustee · since 2023
- Pamela GilliesTrustee · since 2024
- Patricia Dorothy YoungTrustee · since 2026
- Scheaffer OkoreTrustee · since 2024
- Tara Alexandra Goldsmid PatersonTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria and more
- Website
- www.thecircle.ngo (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Circle of Women
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£801k£777k
- 2024£517k£766k
- 2023£639k£489k
Earlier years
- 2022£414k£433k
- 2021£414k£433k
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) TO PROMOTE WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN PARTICULAR BY:A) EDUCATION ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;B) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;C) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; AND D) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY , SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;D) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; ANDE) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Amarachi Clarke since 2022
- Anne Aslett since 2026
- Jane Karczewski since 2024
- Karis Victoria Mclarty since 2022
- Laura Griffin since 2024
- Livia Giuggioli since 2014
- Maria Agustina Oliveri since 2026
- Nicole Lowe since 2023
- Pamela Gillies since 2024
- Patricia Dorothy Young since 2026
- Scheaffer Okore since 2024
- Tara Alexandra Goldsmid Paterson since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Livia Giuggioli since 2014
- Tara Alexandra Goldsmid Paterson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Amarachi Clarke since 2022
- Anne Aslett since 2026
- Karis Victoria Mclarty since 2022
- Laura Griffin since 2024
- Livia Giuggioli since 2014
- Maria Agustina Oliveri since 2026
- Nicole Lowe since 2023
- Pamela Gillies since 2024
- Patricia Dorothy Young since 2026
- Scheaffer Okore since 2024
- Tara Alexandra Goldsmid Paterson since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Jane Karczewski since 2024
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160293
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02/02/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/01/2016
- Companies House
- Company number 08993335 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07871203528
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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