# AVENING WOMENS INSTITUTE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1030214
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 15, 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=1030214


## Contact

- **Address:** Brunswick House, 28a Brunswick Square, Gloucester
- **Postcode:** GL1 1UN
- **Phone:** 01452523966



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Providing a centre for social engagement and activities and organising courses of instruction, lectures, and other educational activities.  Avening Women's Institute does this by organising speakers and demonstrations, craft sessions, and other training on topics of interest to its members.  It also takes part in village activities as an organisation, which also promotes community integration.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £7416 | £7069 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £11454 | £12264 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £8558 | £7480 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £4489 | £3600 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £1417 | £1668 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jo Harwood** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 14, 2024
- Alison Potts — appointed Oct. 14, 2023
- Andrea Thomas — appointed Oct. 14, 2023
- Bridget Mary Seward — appointed Nov. 8, 2012
- Elizabeth Theyer Knowles — appointed Nov. 14, 2013
- Gwyneth Margaret Simpson — appointed Nov. 10, 2011
- Helen Elizabeth Haiselden — appointed Nov. 12, 2015
- Hilary Barratt — appointed Oct. 14, 2023
- Susan Rolfe — appointed Nov. 10, 2016
- Wendy Margaret Jennings — appointed March 1, 2021