Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

SEFTON WOMEN AND CHILDRENS AID 

Provide support services for women, children and young people who are survivors of Domestic Abuse. Services include Advice Centres, Outreach, Refuge Accommodation, Children's Services and Therapeutic Services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 26 years

www.swaca.com

info@swaca.com

01519228606

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£660£843£-183£3£500£3224.62525
31/03/22£858£688£170£10£683£3626.32116
31/03/21£706£531£175£1£513£3788.51720
31/03/20£514£487£27£6£551£53513.21520
31/03/19£430£474£-43n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18*£394£408£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£392£376£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£450£452£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£396£436£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£392£447£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£409£402£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£369£366£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£366£420£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£395£374£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£357£380£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£468£468£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£514£496£18£54£707£70717.1210
31/03/06*£798£689£109£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£626£384£241£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£422£396£26£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 14.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sefton,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£385,584
Lloyds Bank Foundation£74,994
Garfield Weston Foundation£36,500
John Moores Foundation£30,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£14,490
DCMS£7,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Get Connected
£5,000 14/08/2023
To employ a specialist assessment caseworker to connect with women from eastern European countries. The work will include establishing social networks focussed on mental health, implementing games, ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
£30,000 09/02/2023
Towards a part-time adult caseworker
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Sefton Women's & Children's Aid (SWACA)
£9,490 09/02/2023
To employ a specialist assessment caseworker to deliver more 1-2-1 casework support to the increasing number of victims of domestic abuse accessing their services. They will support, advise, and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Next Steps Peer Support Mental Health Project
£9,500 28/10/2022
The funding will deliver a mental health Peer Support project for women aged 16 years and older with the aim of improving access to support knowledge self awareness confidence and wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 21/10/2022
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021 - 2022 Bonus
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 09/06/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021 - 2022
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,750 28/08/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - The Mirror Project
£366,284 27/02/2020
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The group aims to support vulnerable women experiencing domestic abuse and seek to break the cycle of domestic abuse. Funding will towards a bespoke work programme for beneficiaries
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 27/12/2019
SWACA Fundraising (Core Costs) Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sefton Women & Childrens Aid
£74,994 02/10/2019
36
Providing holistic services to women, young people and children; offering both effective crisis intervention and preventative services. The grant will fund a full time Adult Caseworker.
National Lottery Community Fund - (Domestic Abuse) Adult Women Project
£9,800 19/09/2019
12
(Domestic Abuse) Adult Women Project
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 07/01/2019
The Project will provide support to 45 service users over the 12 month period, through (weekly) facilitated Support Groups undertaking a 7 week structured programme. Our Project will achieve the ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
£20,000 01/04/2018
Towards psychotherapy sessions
National Lottery Community Fund - (Domestic Abuse) Adult Support Group Project
£9,814 24/01/2018
12
The project will provide a support group for women affected by domestic abuse. This will offer women opportunities to develop mutually supportive peer relationships, which will enhance their quality ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sefton Women & Childrens Aid
£74,994 20/07/2016
36
Providing holistic services to women, young people and children; offering both effective crisis intervention and preventative services. The grant will fund a full time Adult Caseworker.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sefton Women & Childrens Aid
£44,200 19/09/2011
the salary and on-costs of an Adult and Family Services Officer
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-85
  • PAMELA STUBBS Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired Physiotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/12/1997, number: 1066878
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/10/1997, number: 03448301
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
  • 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; AR18: 47 days late, AR07: 78 days late, AR06: 29 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

166 KNOWSLEY ROAD
BOOTLE
L20 4NR

Objectives

A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONG WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE OR ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE AND/OR ABUSE (INCLUDING THOSE WHO DO NOT OR HAVE NEVER LIVED TOGETHER), EX-PARTNERS, FAMILY MEMBERS OR ANYONE ELSE WITH WHOM THEY HAVE HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON, OR WHO ARE NORMALLY RESIDENT IN BUT TEMPORARILY ABSENT FROM THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON B) TO ARRANGE AND PROVIDE BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON, FOR EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES RELATING TO TOPICS AFFECTING SUCH WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN. ANY MONIES RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON WILL BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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