The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 211840 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey

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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.

20 trustees on the board

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 18Education/training 4Religious Activities 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Amateur Sport 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 2Other services 2Education 1

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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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£32k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailhq@sigbi.org
Phone01614807686
AddressBECKWITH HOUSE, WELLINGTON ROAD NORTH, STOCKPORT, SK4 1AF

Finances

£29,400 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£43,570£63,425
2023£52,291£56,896
2024£34,695£43,606
2025£31,644£34,883
2026£29,400£23,400

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

the relief of women in need who have been a member of SIGBI Limited within the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and the Republic of Ireland for at least three consecutive years and whose membership continues; or if they have left and have not been a member for 5 years, at the discretion of the Trustees.

Governing document: FEDERATION CONSTITUTION 1960 AS AMENDED 19/10/96 18/11/06 6/11/10 as amended on 23 Jul 2018 as amended on 23 Jul 2018 as amended on 16 Oct 2019 as amended on 11 May 2020

Trustees (20)

20trustees
75median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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