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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about The Female Lead?
Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£94,505
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£469,066
Registered charity number
1179633
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
London
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes
Quick answer
The Female Lead (number 1179633) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Female Lead do?
The Foundation supports and runs a campaign called The Female LeadThe Female Lead is dedicated to making women's stories more visible and offering alternative role models to those ever present in popular culture. Founded by data pioneer and entrepreneur Edwina Dunn, the project highlights the breadth of female achievement in order to offer inspiration for future generations
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Female Lead
Answers The Female Lead gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Female Lead's highest-paid staff paid?
The Female Lead's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£70,001–£80,000
1
£60,001–£70,000
1
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Does The Female Lead receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for The Female Lead. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
The Female Lead reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records The Female Lead as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
The Female Lead's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Previous names on the register
The Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby Educational Foundation
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; People With Disabilities; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Other Finance; Provides Services; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Female Lead registered for?
General Charitable Purposes
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Female Lead yet?
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The register data used for this profile lists The Female Lead as a registered charity (number 1179633) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Female Lead's charity number?
The Female Lead's charity number is 1179633. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1179633?
Search 1179633 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Female Lead do?
The Foundation supports and runs a campaign called The Female LeadThe Female Lead is dedicated to making women's stories more visible and offering alternative role models to those ever present in popular culture. Founded by data pioneer and entrepreneur Edwina Dunn, the project highlights the breadth of female achievement in order to offer inspiration for future generations
Does The Female Lead have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Female Lead. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Female Lead?
The Female Lead does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is The Female Lead's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Female Lead's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Female Lead?
The register records The Female Lead as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Female Lead's trustees paid?
The Female Lead's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Female Lead previously called?
The register lists this previous name for The Female Lead: The Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby Educational Foundation.
When was The Female Lead registered as a charity?
The Female Lead was entered on the register on 22 August 2018.