Cumbria-Westmorland Federation of Women's Institutes
Registered charity 240758 Registered since 1965
Operates: Cumbria
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Karen Hanks-Maclean Chair since 2017
- Gillian Audrey Sykes since 2023
- Julie Wright since 2023
- Lesley Sandra Singleton since 2000
- Linda Stretton since 2022
- Margaret Cumming since 2022
- Ruth Helen Rigg since 2023
- Rachael Edmondson since 2018
- Sarah Middleton since 2020
7.3y median 4y
average tenure
26y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Karen Hanks-Maclean Chair since 2017
- Lesley Sandra Singleton since 2000
- Rachael Edmondson since 2018
- Sarah Middleton since 2020
8.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Karen Hanks-Maclean Chair since 2017
- Julie Wright since 2023
- Linda Stretton since 2022
- Margaret Cumming since 2022
- Rachael Edmondson since 2018
- Sarah Middleton since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Gillian Audrey Sykes since 2023
- Lesley Sandra Singleton since 2000
- Ruth Helen Rigg since 2023
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Amateur Sport 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 8General 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.
Education 1Health and social care 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.
incomespending£52k 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
- Public Hall 1 shared trustee
- Crosscrake Women's Institute 1 shared trustee
- Milner Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Kirkby Lonsdale Team Ministry 1 shared trustee
- Casterton Village Hall 1 shared trustee
- Public Hall 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.cwfwi.org |
| admin@cwfwi.org | |
| Phone | 01539720921 |
| Address | Cumbria Westmorland WI Federation, Kendal House, Murley Moss Business Park, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL |
Finances
£52,064 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £37,250 | £44,179 |
| 2022 | £53,607 | £57,323 |
| 2023 | £48,997 | £44,017 |
| 2024 | £44,216 | £50,276 |
| 2025 | £52,064 | £61,444 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Other Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE FEDERATION ARE TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION IN CUMBRIA-WESTMORLAND AND ELSEWHERE.
Governing document: MODEL CONSTITUTION AND RULES AS AMENDED ON 04 JUN 2025
Trustees (9)
9trustees
72median age
1aged 70+
- Karen Hanks-Maclean Chair since 2017
- Gillian Audrey Sykesage band 70-74 since 2023
- Julie Wright since 2023
- Lesley Sandra Singleton since 2000
- Linda Stretton since 2022
- Margaret Cumming since 2022
- Ruth Helen Rigg since 2023
- Rachael Edmondson since 2018
- Sarah Middleton since 2020
Connected charities (8)
- The Fairbank Society 1 shared trustee
- Casterton Village Hall 1 shared trustee
- Milner Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Kirkby Lonsdale Team Ministry 1 shared trustee
- Poor's Land 1 shared trustee
- Public Hall 1 shared trustee
- Public Hall 1 shared trustee
- Crosscrake Women's Institute 1 shared trustee
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