Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

LUTON ALL WOMEN CENTRE

Services for women.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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
31/03/23*£534£440£95£7£261£1574.3128
31/03/22£342£360£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£420£339£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£305£344£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£272£299£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£298£219£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£260£243£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£215£227£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£185£192£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£146£167£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£180£173£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£167£165£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£267£284£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£269£202£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£65£51£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£51£55£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£87£122£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£170£155£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£157£114£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 9.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.lutonallwomenscentre.org.uk

admin@lawc.org.uk

01582 416783

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
National Lottery Community Fund£560,378
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£375,233
The Clothworkers Foundation£220,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£74,117
Postcode Places Trust£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Esmee Fairbairn£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Women’s Mental Health Volunteer Network
£10,000 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to establish a women-only mental health volunteer network to provide peer support for women who are struggling with their mental health. The project aims to improve women’s self-confidence and help them to make positive ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Core cost for Women's Centre
£100,200 05/01/2023
Luton All Women's Centre-core costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Luton All Women Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£1,478 06/05/2022
Covid response
Postcode Places Trust - Staff salary - Health and Wellbeing Service
£25,000 26/04/2022
The grant funded 1-1 and group Health & Wellbeing services which help improve the mental health of women affected by abuse/trauma in Luton.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Women’s Wellbeing Lounge
£40,000 09/02/2022
Delivery of outreach services from a refurbished vehicle on all aspects of wellbeing for women affected by domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - RC / Domestic Abuse/ Trauma Response Service
£481,278 27/01/2022
The funding will support project costs of £2511274 over 5 years to support their core domestic abuse services. Luton All Women Centre is a centre for women run by women providing a safe and accessible women-only environment. This is delivered via ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Luton All Women Centre
£220,000 30/11/2021
Purchase and refurbishment of a charity supporting women affected by domestic and sexual abuse in Luton
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 05/11/2021
24
Core Cost Funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Luton All Women Centre
£20,000 05/10/2021
6
Towards project costs for scoping & development work to inform an innovative response model that transforms how child sexual abuse and its impact on women and girls from BAME communities is addressed & prevented in Luton.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Domestic Abuse/ Trauma Response Service for Women in Central Bedfordshire
£19,080 18/05/2021
The grant will bring greater stability into our core Domestic Abuse/ Trauma Response service, specifically by resourcing the professional support we have begun to offer to women from Central Bedfordshire and extending this to meet increased demand ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Direct Interventions
£104,554 22/12/2020
Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - (NLCF C19) Domestic Abuse/ Trauma Response Service
£34,550 15/12/2020
5
The organisation are using the funding to cover the core domestic abuse service for women from Luton and the surrounding area who are at risk or are dealing with other traumatic experiences which impact on their safety health and wellbeing. LAWC is ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Luton All Women Centre
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Luton All Women Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Domestic Abuse funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Luton All Women Centre
£7,367 23/07/2020
Grant to Luton All Women Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - (C19 BLF) Domestic Abuse/ Trauma Response Service
£34,550 02/06/2020
6
Luton All Women's Centre a women’s run centre providing a safe and accessible women-only environment will use funding to continue its work supporting women at risk of domestic violence through the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will cover the ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Both Streams 1 & 2 - Delivery or Support & Core Costs
£3,287 03/04/2020
3
Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
£108,112 30/01/2020
11
Luton All Womens Centre
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Luton All Women Centre
£14,500 04/12/2019
12
the grant will help support this Luton based women's charity to consider its monitoring framework and impact reporting.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Freedom programme for women affected by domestic violence
£1,000 19/11/2019
Towards the Freedom programme for women affected by domestic violence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 15/10/2019
Luton All Women's Centre Revenue/Core costs
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
£37,500 01/10/2019
6
Harmful Practices Awareness
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 02/01/2019
Women with experiences of childhood sexual abuse often struggle to recover from the impact of such trauma, leaving them facing a range of complex issues such as poor mental health/ wellbeing, ongoing fears, low self-esteem, repeat victimisation and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
£124,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a counselling service for women and girls affected by violence and abuse in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Luton All Women's Centre
£10,000 11/12/2018
12
Mimosa
Woodward Charitable Trust - Counselling for women affected by domestic violence
£800 13/11/2018
Towards counselling for women affected by domestic violence.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
£10,000 20/07/2018
11
Counselling Service
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton All Women's Centre
£5,000 23/05/2018
20
Strengthening the infrastructure of women's groups and organisations in Luton
National Lottery Community Fund - Revive Mental Health Service
£10,000 01/11/2017
12
This group will use the funding to provide mental health support to women both on a one-to-one basis and within group sessions, helping individuals to develop coping mechanisms and address the issues affecting them whilst forming new friendships and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-70
  • JILL STUART Appointed: 2018, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • KISHWER RAJ Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Social Worker
  • LYNDA REES Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Ceo Luton Community Housing Ltd
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/2004, number: 1101754
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2003, number: 04687799
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR23: 60 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 28 days late, AR15: 26 days late, AR11: 61 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 272 days late, AR06: 79 days late, AR05: 60 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FAMILY GROUPS (BEDFORD) on 17/09/2024
Main office

Suite 2
The Spires
Adelaide St
Luton

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN IN LUTON AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS (THE BENEFICIARIES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:-(1) RELIEVING POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS(2) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING HEALTH(3) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOREGOING (A) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION, ADVOCACY, COUNSELLING AND ADVICE; AND (B) THE PROVISION OF A CRECHE(4) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MEETING PLACE AND RESOURCE CENTRE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LUTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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