Registered charity (CIO) · Hampshire
Watch (Women and the Church)
- 12 trustees
- Income £45k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Martine Amelia OborneChair · since 2025
- Canon Elizabeth Lawes TaylorTrustee · since 2025
- Jane OldhamTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew Peter John WilkeTrustee · since 2025
- Philip Christopher BaldwinTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Canon Jennifer Thomas Vice ChairTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Dr Mary KellsTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Frances Anne Peggy JacksonTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Georgia Anne AshwellTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Isobel RathboneTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Yvonne ClarkeTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Claire CreeseTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.womenandthechurch.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45k£30k
- 2024£25k£33k
- 2023£20k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£20k£22k
- 2021£20k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS EXPERIENCED BY BOTH LAY AND ORDAINED PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER; B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN GENDER EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; AND D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF GENDER EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rev Martine Amelia Oborne Chair since 2025
- Canon Elizabeth Lawes Taylor since 2025
- Jane Oldham since 2025
- Matthew Peter John Wilke since 2025
- Philip Christopher Baldwin since 2025
- Rev Canon Jennifer Thomas Vice Chair since 2024
- Rev Dr Mary Kells since 2023
- Rev Frances Anne Peggy Jackson since 2023
- Rev Georgia Anne Ashwell since 2024
- Rev Isobel Rathbone since 2025
- Rev Yvonne Clarke since 2023
- Susan Claire Creese since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Canon Elizabeth Lawes Taylor since 2025
- Jane Oldham since 2025
- Matthew Peter John Wilke since 2025
- Philip Christopher Baldwin since 2025
- Rev Canon Jennifer Thomas Vice Chair since 2024
- Rev Dr Mary Kells since 2023
- Rev Yvonne Clarke since 2023
- Susan Claire Creese since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Rev Martine Amelia Oborne Chair since 2025
- Rev Frances Anne Peggy Jackson since 2023
- Rev Georgia Anne Ashwell since 2024
- Rev Isobel Rathbone since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1171267
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 24 Jan 2017 as amended on 12 Oct 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07853302841 · secretary@womenandthechurch.org
- 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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