The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Forgotten Women

Registered charity 1169466 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Yemen, Afghanistan, Throughout England And Wales, Bangladesh, India, Malawi, Pakistan, Somalia, Turkey, Occupied Palestinian Territories

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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.

6 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

10
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.forgottenwomen.org
Emailoffice@forgottenwomen.org
Phone02039846696
AddressX AND WHY BUILDING, 20-30 Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1EW

Finances

£2,887,861 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£327,841£288,351
2022£431,681£277,048
2023£919,374£609,885
2024£1,500,223£1,393,656
2025£2,887,861£1,800,014

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS; AND(2) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS; AND(3) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT;(4) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS;(5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Oct 2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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