Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES 

Provides refuge accommodation, advice, advocacy, and practical support for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£5,837£5,759£78£1£1,713£1,2902.715550
31/03/22£4,868£4,919£-51£11£1,683£1,4113.414750
31/03/21£4,871£4,383£488£25£1,708£1,4293.9124150
31/03/20£4,086£3,832£253£22£1,048£1,0293.211140
31/03/19£3,008£3,006£2£47£839£8343.395120
31/03/18£2,804£2,814£-10£38£875£8753.7890
31/03/17£1,988£2,045£-56£45£866£8605550
31/03/16£1,838£1,818£20£0£864£8645.7510
31/03/15£1,284£1,284£0£114£854£8167.6510
31/03/14£1,099£1,141£-42£76£821£7918.3300
31/03/13£1,033£1,021£12£27£821£7659320
31/03/12£932£947£-15£57£809£7289.2260
31/03/11£966£983£-16£55£824£7369220
31/03/10£1,298£772£526£68£840£3315.1230
31/03/09£524£526£-2£79£314£2585.9140
31/03/08£444£465£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£458£423£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£356£395£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£293£300£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.idas.org.uk

boardsecretary@idas.org.uk

03000 110 110

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, City Of York, North Yorkshire, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 155 employees
  • 50 volunteers

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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£406,908
DCMS£203,454
Co-Operative Group£15,022
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS)
£6,972 21/10/2023
Adults and children needing to flee from domestic abuse must leave everything behind other than what they are able to carry with them. We aim to support people to buy the essentials they need.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Independent Domestic Abuse Service (IDAS) Harrogate
£2,408 22/10/2022
We'd like to pay for childcare and transport so that women in refuge in Harrogate can access facilities that improve the emotional wellbeing and quality of life for them and their children.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS)
£2,281 22/10/2022
We would like to raise awareness and run recovery and move-on groups in the Ripon area.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to IDAS - Harrogate Refuge and Community Services
£3,362 23/10/2021
Women and children frequently arrive at the refuge with nothing. We want to support women to prepare for living independently by up-skilling them and ensuring they have essential items on leaving us.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£62,550 02/07/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£62,550 02/07/2020
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 Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£81,561 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£59,343 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£81,561 05/06/2020
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
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£59,343 05/06/2020
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
£203,454 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Independent Domestic Abuse Services
£98,827 11/10/2016
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Creating Safer Lives is a 12 week therapeutic programme for 5 to 18 year olds affected by domestic abuse or sexual violence, to improve family relationships, increase emotional resilience and to help ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Moving on from domestic abuse
£3,818 07/09/2016
To provide 6 x 10 week courses (2 hours per week) “Moving on from domestic abuse” for women in York
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-71
  • JULIA MULLIGAN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Police, Fire And Crime Commissioner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2004, number: 1102337
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/12/2003, number: 04984337
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

39
Blossom Street
York
YO24 1AQ

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to:(a) relieve the needs of persons in Yorkshire and across the UK who have been subject to or affected (whether directly or indirectly) by, or who are at risk of, domestic abuse and/or sexual violence; and(b) reduce the occurrence of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the UK and beyond in particular, but not exclusively, by:(i) providing accommodation, support and advice;(ii) providing single sex services, including refuge accommodation and therapeutic groups for women;(iii) undertaking research and providing information, training and education about domestic abuse and sexual violence including its causes, consequences and prevention; and(iv) raising public awareness about domestic abuse and sexual violenceand in this article, “domestic abuse” means physical, sexual, emotional, financial or coercive control within an intimate or family relationship.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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