Registered charity (CIO) · Ashington
Being Woman
Being Woman is a registered charity (number 1189008) based in Ashington, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £122k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £122k (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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 4 more
- Where
- Northumberland
- Website
- www.being-woman.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£122k£139k
- 2024£160k£153k
- 2023£144k£154k
Earlier years
- 2022£163k£103k
- 2021£153k£119k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 53%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. 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;(E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WOMEN BY THE PROVISION OF:(A)1:1 SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE SUBJECT OF BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS THAT RESULTS IN A QUALIFICATION BEING OBTAINED THAT ASSISTS WITH IMPROVING THE BENEFICIARIES CHANCES OF SECURING FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.
Grants received
3 grants · £197,000 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 Tudor Trust · £107,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £90,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Ghazala Parveen since 2019
- Hira Shakir Usman since 2019
- Imran Zahid since 2018
- Muhammad Shakir Qureshi since 2019
- Tinuke Bernard since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Ghazala Parveen since 2019
- Hira Shakir Usman since 2019
- Imran Zahid since 2018
- Muhammad Shakir Qureshi since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Ghazala Parveen since 2019
- Hira Shakir Usman since 2019
- Imran Zahid since 2018
- Muhammad Shakir Qureshi since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Tinuke Bernard since 2021
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
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
- 1189008
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Apr 2020 as amended on 22 Feb 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01670 528408 · info@being-woman.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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