Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

JEWISH WOMENS AID LIMITED

Only UK charity supporting & empowering Jewish women & their children affected by domestic abuse & sexual violence. We offer a confidential freephone helpline; a domestic abuse advocacy & advice service, specialist therapeutic services for children, a counselling service for women; training and education programmes for professionals and Safer Dating education in schools & on campus.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£1,342£1,369£-27£113£1,534£1,40312.326150
31/07/22£1,314£1,180£134£102£1,561£1,46714.925150
31/07/21£1,093£955£137£72£1,402£1,22115.321150
31/07/20£1,086£907£179£71£1,265£91612.122140
31/07/19£1,032£878£154£128£1,086£76810.520140
31/07/18£706£807£-101£98£932£81212.1160
31/07/17£740£682£58£78£1,033£90115.9130
31/07/16£782£641£142£96£975£82315.4120
31/07/15?£931£830£101£119£834£75010.8110
31/03/14£740£771£-31£71£733£65010.1120
31/03/13£729£683£46£81£764£69512.2110
31/03/12£715£676£39£85£718£69112.3100
31/03/11£656£723£-67£83£679£64910.8100
31/03/10£687£566£121£60£745£71815.280
31/03/09£655£579£76£88£624£60212.590
31/03/08£609£592£18£97£549£54211110
31/03/07£623£477£145£58£531£50012.690
31/03/06£527£432£95n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£492£398£94n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£392£376£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 12.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 10.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.jwa.org.uk

info@jwa.org.uk

02084458060

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£298,700
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime£122,319
DCMS£26,667
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£25,000
Comic Relief£25,000
The London Community Foundation£20,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£122,319 10/03/2023
Ministry of Justice ISVA/IDVA 2022-25 - Continuation funding for 1 x FTE IDVA
London Catalyst - Jewish Women's Aid - 3
£1,000 07/02/2023
Hardship Fund
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£25,000 23/07/2021
Towards discretionary donation
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£50,000 22/02/2021
£50,000 over 12 months towards the full-time salary of a Domestic Abuse Client Support Worker and associated costs and contributions to the Domestic Abuse Team Manager, Chief Executive, and Client Services Team costs.
Comic Relief - Jewish Women's Aid Recovery Funding
£25,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£20,600 06/05/2020
Office equipment for staff to homework, laptops, printers, extra IT support and security to enable remote working for staff. We need funding to supply women and their children with electronic devices for home schooling and aid in helping reduce ....more
DCMS - The Dina Project
£26,667 01/04/2020
There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£248,700 26/03/2020
60
£248,700 over 5 years (£47,300; £48,500; £49,700; £51,000; £52,200) for a Domestic Abuse Worker (35 hpw) and associated costs for its London service.
DCMS - The Dina Project
£26,667 01/04/2019
There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work ....more
DCMS - The Dina Project
£26,667 10/12/2018
There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work ....more
DCMS - The Dina Project
£20,000 10/12/2018
There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work ....more
Comic Relief - The Dina Project
£80,000 06/11/2018
24
There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work ....more
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£50,000 01/11/2018
The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid Limited
£75,000 17/03/2016
36
The charity supports Jewish women and their children who have been affected by domestic abuse. The grant will fund the rent of the Jewish Women's Aid offices.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-63
  • ALIZA WEINSTEIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • ANNA TURNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Consultant
  • CAROLINE RATNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • CATHERINE BECKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DANA HOURI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant
  • DEBORAH AMIAS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: N/A
  • GABRIELLE ADLESTONE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: N/A
  • JOANNA BENARROCH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Of Staff Of Office Of Rabbi Sacks
  • KATE DANIELS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Director
  • LAURA ROSEFIELD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Partner
  • PENINA SIMMONS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • RACHEL DOR-CHAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Family Law Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/1995, number: 1047045
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/02/1995, number: 03024499
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO BOX 65550
LONDON
N3 9EG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY DISTRESS,SUFFERING AND SICKNESS EXPERIENCED BY JEWISH WOMEN IN THE U.K. WHO HAVE SUFFERED INJURY OR IMPAIRMENT, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL, BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR BY THE FATHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN OR BY THE MEN WITH WHOM THEY LIVE AND ANY CHILDREN OF SUCH WOMEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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