The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

ST Stephens Women's Institute

Registered charity 280192 Registered since 2020

Operates: Kent

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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.

9 trustees on the board

6.1y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteststephenswicanterbury.co.uk
Emailkaye.merrywest@btinternet.com
Phone01227765620
Address5 MANWOOD AVENUE, CANTERBURY, CT2 7AE

Finances

£4,101 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,806£1,456
2021£2,667£1,857
2022£5,756£7,283
2023£2,665£1,777
2024£4,101£3,389

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION ARE TO ENABLE WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RURAL LIFE, INCLUDING ARTS, CRAFTS AND SCIENCES, TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP CONDITIONS OF RURAL LIFE, TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION IN CITIZENSHIP, IN PUBLIC QUESTIONS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, IN MUSIC, DRAMA AND OTHER CULTURAL SUBJECTS AND IN ALL BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE, HANDICRAFTS, HOME ECONOMICS, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE. IT SEEKS TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ORGANISATION AND OF PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

Governing document: MODEL CONSTITUTION AND RULES (ALREADY LODGED)

Trustees (9)

9trustees
42median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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