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Forgotten Women

Forgotten Women is a registered charity (number 1169466) based in London, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £2.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £2.9m (2025)
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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Bangladesh, India, Malawi and more
Website
www.forgottenwomen.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£1.8m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.4m
  • 2023£919k£610k
Earlier years
  • 2022£432k£277k
  • 2021£328k£288k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 total

360Giving 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 · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-11-20
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

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Overseas Aid/famine Relief 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Gaps to watch

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

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1169466
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Oct 2016
Contact on the register
02039846696 · office@forgottenwomen.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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