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The Association of Wrens and Women of the Royal Naval Services

Registered charity 257040 Registered since 1969

Operates: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland

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13
trustees on the board
2.1y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3y
average years in governance
12 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 13General Charitable Purposes 13Disability 1

Commercial experience

Education 1

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Contact

Websitewww.wrens.org.uk
Emailoffice@wrens.org.uk
Phone02392725141
AddressLanyard House, Building 1/87, Scott Road, H M Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3LU

Finances

£92,004 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£76,887£99,053
2022£210,386£151,365
2023£103,810£101,392
2024£123,884£99,881
2025£92,004£105,994

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are to promote the efficiency of women in the Royal Naval Services in the following ways:a) Celebrating past and current achievements, preserving the history and traditions, fostering esprit-de-corps and comradeship and encouraging personnel to benefit from the experience of former members of said Service and of their predecessors in the Women's Royal Naval Service ("WRNS"), in particular, but not exclusively, by maintaining contact and binding together in practical friendship with each other.b) Where necessary refer former serving members of the WRNS and serving and retired women of the Royal Naval Services and their dependants to the appropriate service charity or charities.

Governing document: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF WRENS REVISED 14 MARCH 1969, 26 OCTOBER 1975, 1991, 27 OCTOBER 2001 AND 22 OCTOBER 2011 AS AMENDED ON 24 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED ON 29 SEP 2018 AS AMENDED ON 29 SEP 2018 AS AMENDED ON 10 JAN 2019AS AMENDED ON 24 SEP 2016 as amended on 20 Feb 2023

Trustees (13)

13trustees
40median age
0aged 70+

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