# BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1029278
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 29, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1029278


## Contact

- **Address:** W I House, 62 Adelaide Square, Bedford
- **Postcode:** MK40 2RW
- **Phone:** 01234359538
- **Email:** fedsec@bedfordshirewis.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IN BEDFORDSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

**Activities:** Co-ordinates and supports activities of Women's Institutes in Bedfordshire. The Women's Institutes undertake activities to enable women interested in issues associated with rural life to improve their education in citizenship, public questions, music culture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare and to improve rural life.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE BEDFORDSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire
- Luton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £82015 | £66595 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £82253 | £77321 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £66156 | £62608 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £57766 | £46048 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £54237 | £54300 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ELIZABETH COCHRANE** (Chair) — appointed May 12, 2014
- Diane May Sanbrook
- Dorothy Anne Wigg — appointed May 19, 2020
- ELIZABETH POTTER
- Hazel Wade — appointed June 6, 2022
- Rita Hutchinson — appointed Dec. 5, 2021
- SALLY BALL
- Susan Katherine Pestell — appointed June 3, 2024