Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 13
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +13

BLACK COUNTRY WOMEN'S AID 

Provision of support,and emergency services to vulnerable women and children experiencing rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse. Services include provision of emergency accommodation, floating support services, community support and counselling. Services also include development with agencies to raise awareness of domestic abuse and develop support systems to enable them to access SWA services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
Established: 30 years

www.blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk

info@blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk

01215530090

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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*£8,601£7,065£1,535£0£6,725£5,5299.417212
31/03/22£7,512£5,687£1,825£0£5,190£3,8728.215912
31/03/21£6,207£5,136£1,071£0£3,365£2,3835.615211
31/03/20*£5,433£4,469£965£1£2,294£1,6354.413612
31/03/19£4,328£4,187£140£2£1,329£1440.41268
31/03/18*£3,785£3,698£88£0£1,189£1,1183.61070
31/03/17*£3,389£3,150£239£0£1,101£1,0333.9940
31/03/16*£2,481£2,458£23£0£863£8264850
31/03/15£1,886£1,867£19£5£840£7564.9490
31/03/14£1,604£1,636£-32£5£821£7625.6480
31/03/13*£1,441£1,453£-13£5£853£8056.7400
31/03/12*£1,273£1,170£103£4£866£8058.3320
31/03/11£1,053£1,052£1£4£763£6507.4260
31/03/10£1,003£1,072£-69£4£762£6917.7270
31/03/09£943£940£2£4£831£7699.8270
31/03/08*£829£799£30£5£829£78711.8250
31/03/07*£726£647£78£8£801£74113.7200
31/03/06*£737£584£154£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£573£439£134£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/04*£527£391£136£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 9.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 172 employees
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, 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
Home Office£670,000
National Lottery Community Fund£499,718
Ministry of Justice£491,406
DCMS£148,565
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Black Country Women's Aid
£50,000 18/10/2023
Building refuge bungalows for a charity which works with people with disabilities escaping domestic abuse and modern slavery in the West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Flourishing Futures
£499,718 24/08/2023
This funding will be used to support families affected by domestic abuse and violence working with adult victims and their children to help them process what has happened help mend fractured ....more
Home Office - Children Affected by Domestic Abuse
£300,000 28/06/2021
To Meet the Prime Minister's aim to transform the Government's approach to Domestic Abuse. The strategic aims are to: - promote awareness - to put domestic abuse at the top of everyone's agenda, and ....more
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Core Costs Funding
£53,920 01/04/2021
To support organisations which are developing a whole systems approach to female offenders across the country.
Ministry of Justice - COVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£46,228 26/03/2021
To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£226,485 01/01/2021
To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£26,010 12/11/2020
Provision of Victim Services
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£20,218 22/06/2020
Provision of Victim Services
Home Office - BLACK COUNTRY WOMEN'S AID
£300,000 01/04/2020
To Meet the Prime Minister's aim to transform the Government's approach to Domestic Abuse. The strategic aims are to:- promote awareness - to put domestic abuse at the top of everyone's agenda, and ....more
Home Office - BLACK COUNTRY WOMEN'S AID
£70,000 01/04/2020
This work supports the Home Office’s response to reducing serious violence and tackling Violence Against Women and Girls.Safeguarding gang-associated women and girls was one of the six key ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£99,043 02/10/2019
To establish an assertive outreach project working with women 18+ who are homeless/at risk of homelessness in Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton. The service will include: Assertive outreach ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£49,522 02/10/2019
To establish an assertive outreach project working with women 18+ who are homeless/at risk of homelessness in Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton. The service will include: Assertive outreach ....more
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£118,545 01/04/2019
To provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Black Country Women's Aid
£99,955 27/06/2018
36
This project will fund a young person's advocate who will work with children and young people that have experienced domestic abuse. The support will increase their emotional resilience, increase ....more
Home Office - EIF: Services Supporting Children Under 18 18-19
£70,000 01/04/2018
This funding is a Home Secretary priority. The continuation of funding for YPAs is one of the commitments contained within the Serious Violence Strategy, published April 2018.To improve services to ....more
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£24,000 01/04/2017
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund
£63,624 01/04/2017
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund
£60,000 01/04/2016
12
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£24,000 01/04/2016
12
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Comic Relief - Support for victims of CSE (Child Sexual Exploitation) in Sandwell
£109,977 25/11/2015
36
As awareness levels around child sexual exploitation rises, the demand for support for those affected also rises. Regional CSE figures for the West Midlands are currently 2,409 confirmed victims with ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sandwell Women's Aid
£50,000 13/11/2013
Towards the Mariposa project that will provide structured programmes of support to female offenders in Sandwell as a means of reducing re-offending and as an alternative to custodial sentencing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sandwell & Dudley Rape and Sexual Violence Service
£349,185 10/08/2011
36
This is a continuation of the rape and sexual violence support service for Sandwell and Dudley provided by Sandwell Women's Aid. The project will give emotional, therapeutic, legal and practical ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Dudley Rape and Sexual Violence Counselling
£10,000 17/06/2010
12
This is a project by a community organisation based in Dudley, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide counselling to victims of rape and sexual assault within the Dudley area. This ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-70
  • KAREN DOWMAN (Chair) Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/01/1994, number: 1032298
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/02/1993, number: 02791788
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
  • 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: 1 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR13: 47 days late, AR12: 20 days late, AR08: 7 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 213 days late, AR04: 38 days late,
Main office

21A LANDCHARD HOUSE
VICTORIA STREET
WEST BROMWICH
WEST MIDLANDS
B70 8HY

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS OF WOMEN WHO ARE HOMELESS AND/OR HAVE BEEN GRAVELY OR PERSISTENTLY MISTREATED BY THEIR HUSBANDS, THE MEN WITH WHOM THEY ARE LIVING, THE FATHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN OR ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY; (2) TO RELIEVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THE DISRUPTION IN THE HOME BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE THE WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

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