Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

MERSEYSIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE LTD

Merseyside Domestic Violence Services (MDVS) offers a free, confidential, and non judgemental support service for women and families who have experienced or maybe at risk of experiencing domestic violence. We have now developed our service into an Integrated Safety Service working with female victims and male perpetrators of domestic violence.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/24£326£418£-93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23*£915£728£187£0£274£470.8823
31/03/22*£413£454£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£413£454£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£149£112£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£51£80£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£117£116£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£108£100£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£54£30£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£26£30£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£40£40£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£28£34£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11?£65£54£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09£31£36£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/08?*£40£31£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/10/07*£43£42£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.mdvs.org

merseysidedvs@ymail.com

07780948890

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£352,064
BBC Children in Need£53,259
DCMS£35,753
Lloyds Bank Foundation£11,193
CAF£9,963
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Merseyside Domestic Violence Service
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - IFSS (Integrated Family Support Service)
£347,089 18/11/2021
Merseyside Domestic Violence Service (MDVS) aims to tackle domestic abuse through education and by supporting those affected to improve their lives and their vision is to work collaboratively to end domestic abuse change attitudes and drive forward ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lift The Lid
£4,975 22/10/2021
The funding will be used to support the completion of a disused shipping container into a ‘coffee pod'. The project aims to bring people together to reduce isolation and to raise awareness about domestic abuse whereby every coffee sold lifts the ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£18,000 22/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Merseyside Domestic Violence Service Ltd
£53,259 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will provide a Family Support Worker to engage children and young people affected by domestic abuse, which has increased during the Covid-19 lockdown. This will result in improved safety, increased aspirations and improved ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Merseyside Domestic Violence Service
£8,943 24/07/2020
Grant to Merseyside Domestic Violence Service meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£17,753 01/07/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
CAF - Grant to Merseyside Domestic Abuse Services
£9,963 17/06/2020
3
Grant to Merseyside Domestic Abuse Services to support the organisation through COVID19
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Domestic Violence Services LTD (formerly Chrysalis Domestic Violence Services) Ltd.
£13,765 24/06/2019
Towards running costs and volunteer expenses
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Domestic Violence Service
£100,000 26/03/2019
36
Merseyside Domestic Violence Service is requesting funding for their Integrated Support Service working with victims of domestic abuse and male perpetrators.
National Lottery Community Fund - Merseyside Domestic Violence (Integrated Safety Service) ISS
£451,126 06/09/2018
36
This funding is to continue and expand an existing project, Males Actively Seeking Change (MASC) for male perpetrators of domestic violence. It will help build upon learning from the project, feedback from participants and expand the service to meet ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Domestic Violence Service
£11,300 16/12/2015
24
delivering a non mandated perpetrator programme in Liverpool. The grant will fund the development of more robust systems policies and procedures, impact measurement and monitoring and its strategic and business plans.
National Lottery Community Fund - MASC (Males Actively Seeking Change)
£278,561 14/05/2014
36
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-67
  • DR RACHEL KAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • JO-ANNE LOMAX Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor
  • JOSEPH BLOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Strategic Director /Council
  • JULIE JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Legal/Senior Business Development/Management
  • LISA MARIE FORSTER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ceo Of Leisure Tv Rights (Ltr).
  • MAUREEN HOLEBROOK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SIMON KAN DR Appointed: 2020
  • TEMITOPE ADEBAYO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teaching Assistant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2005, number: 1107466
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/09/2003, number: 04911086
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
16 returns made; AR23: 64 days late, AR22: 29 days late, AR20: 67 days late, AR13: 67 days late, AR12: 127 days late, AR08: 3 days late, AR07: 76 days late,
Main office

The Women's Organisation
54
St James Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L1 0AB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN, GIRLS AND YOUNG CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN SOME WAY BY THE ISSUES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF A NON-JUDGEMENTAL ADVICE ANDSUPPORT SERVICE (A) THE PROVISION OF AN INTEGRATED SUPPORT SERVICE AND SPECIALIST PREVENTION PROGRAMME FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED OR ARE AT RISK OF COMMITTING DOMESTIC ABUSE (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE, IN PARTICULAR INTO THE CAUSES, REMEDIES AND PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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