# The Association of Wrens and Women of the Royal Naval Services

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 257040
- **Other names:** THE ASSOCIATION OF WRENS, THE ASSOCIATION OF WRENS (WOMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SERVICES)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 21, 1969
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=257040


## Contact

- **Address:** Lanyard House, Building 1/87, Scott Road, H M Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hants
- **Postcode:** PO1 3LU
- **Phone:** 023 9272 5141
- **Email:** office@wrens.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wrens.org.uk



## Activities

**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&#x27;s Royal Naval Service (&quot;WRNS&quot;), 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.

**Activities:** 307 Provides advocacy/advice/information309 Acts as umbrella or resource body




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Australia
- Canada
- New Zealand
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JANET CRABTREE** | Chair | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| ANDREA WRIGLEY |  | Oct. 29, 2022 |
| ANNE LOUISE CAMERON |  | Nov. 1, 2021 |
| Claire Talbot |  | Oct. 12, 2024 |
| JENNIFER MILLER |  | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| Jane Lancaster |  | Oct. 12, 2024 |
| Janet Vanson |  | Oct. 12, 2024 |
| KAREN ELLIOT |  | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| Lorraine Jobin |  | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| Lucy Ottley |  | Oct. 12, 2024 |
| Pauline Fenwick |  | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| Sarah Holmes |  | Oct. 12, 2024 |
| Sheila Middleton |  | Oct. 14, 2023 |



## Linked charities

- VERA LAUGHTON MATHEWS&#x27; AWARD (257040-1)



