Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE HAVEN WOLVERHAMPTON 

The Haven Wolverhampton aims to provide support to women and dependent children who are vulnerable to violence and abuse. The Haven achieves this by providing safe, temporary, emergency accommodation and support services to women and dependent children affected by domestic and other forms of violence.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
Established: 26 years

www.havenrefuge.org.uk

info@havenrefuge.org.uk

01902904677

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£3,454£3,115£339£160£2,615£2,2718.7720
31/03/22£2,786£2,797£-11£173£2,276£1,9918.56885
31/03/21*£2,516£2,434£82£157£2,286£1,8429.16346
31/03/20£2,132£2,083£48£153£2,205£1,84510.65453
31/03/19£2,127£1,999£127£113£2,156£1,90211.45268
31/03/18*£2,172£1,819£353£124£2,029£1,76911.7500
31/03/17£1,766£1,971£-205£120£1,675£1,4638.9470
31/03/16*£2,016£1,906£110£105£1,646£1,2527.9610
31/03/15*£2,426£2,431£-5£163£1,536£1,2656.2630
31/03/14*£2,470£2,391£79£170£1,541£1,2696.4710
31/03/13*£2,653£2,469£184£268£1,462£1,2406800
31/03/12*£2,562£2,573£-11£264£1,278£1,1385.3800
31/03/11*£2,512£2,353£158£188£1,288£9034.6770
31/03/10*£2,733£2,390£343£156£1,137£6273.1750
31/03/09£2,596£2,329£267£159£794£6163.2720
31/03/08£2,330£2,241£88£149£527£3922.1730
31/03/07£2,630£2,391£239£130£513£3151.6680
31/03/06*£1,899£1,815£84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,693£1,839£-145£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,787£1,662£125£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
Who works here?
  • 72 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wolverhampton,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£150,113
Henry Smith Charity£106,200
Comic Relief£78,902
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£57,810
Charles Hayward Foundation£47,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Haven Wolverhampton
£23,500 27/06/2022
Salary of a domestic abuse key worker
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Haven Wolverhampton
£106,200 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Substance Misuse Caseworker at a project providing support for women who are experiencing domestic abuse and substance misuse in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Haven Wolverhampton - 22/09/21
£1,500 12/10/2021
Core Funding
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Haven Wolverhampton
£23,500 28/05/2021
Salary of a domestic abuse key worker
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Haven Wolverhampton
£79,763 18/12/2020
This project will provide a range of therapeutic activities for children and young people affected by domestic abuse in Wolverhampton. Outcomes include increased life-skills, positive relationships, ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - The Haven Wolverhampton
£40,000 30/09/2020
6
To provide bed spaces to women migrant women fleeing domestic violence
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,958 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Haven Wolverhampton
£67,708 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will deliver the creation of a digital tool for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in increased confidence, ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£28,905 26/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Comic Relief - The Haven Wolverhampton ecovery Funding
£28,934 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Haven Wolverhampton
£2,642 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund virtual reality equipment for children and young people affected by domestic abuse who are further isolated due to Covid-19 and help them improve emotional wellbeing ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,599 28/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£28,905 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Comic Relief - MySayMyWay
£49,968 04/09/2019
12
The idea is to create a women's portal, enabling women to access their own user area, managing and increasing their control over their journey when they are accessing The Haven's services. This will ....more
Comic Relief - You Matter
£20,000 25/07/2018
9
The Haven's digital tool takes a small selection of illustrated women's stories to provide real-life experiences of abuse, drawing women in at the beginning of a journey of realising their own ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 21/02/2018
Emergency accommodation, emotional support, and a 24 hour helpline for women and children who have experienced, or are at risk of, domestic abuse, sexual abuse or homelessness.
Comic Relief - Take the power back
£52,251 19/07/2017
12
The Haven Wolverhampton, working with software development company Neon Tribe, is responding to a design challenge set by Comic Relief concerning women in abusive relationships. The challenge is to ....more
Sport England - Cycling therapy for victims of domestic violence
£7,121 19/07/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Cycling therapy for victims of domestic violence '. This project lists its main activity as Cycling.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • NAVDEEP HEAR (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/1997, number: 1065427
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/02/1996, number: 03159029
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • 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; AR23: 70 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 3 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

18 Waterloo Road
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 4BL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION OF WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS BY REASON OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING MALTREATMENT BY THEIR HUSBANDS, PARTNERS OR CO-HABITEES, ILL HEALTH OR BY REASON OF BEING REMANDED ON BAIL BY A COURT OR PLACED ON PROBATION AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION OR BY SUCH OTHER LAWFUL MEANS AS MAYBE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH RELIEF..

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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