Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 16

JEWISH WOMENS AID LIMITED

Only UK charity supporting & empowering Jewish women & their children affected by domestic abuse & sexual violence. We offer a confidential freephone helpline; a domestic abuse advocacy & advice service, specialist therapeutic services for children, a counselling service for women; training and education programmes for professionals and Safer Dating education in schools & on campus.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Established: 29 years

www.jwa.org.uk

info@jwa.org.uk

02084458060

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/07/22	£1,314	£1,180	£134	£102	£1,561	£1,467	14.9	25	150
31/07/21	£1,093	£955	£137	£72	£1,402	£1,221	15.3	21	150
31/07/20	£1,086	£907	£179	£71	£1,265	£916	12.1	22	140
31/07/19	£1,032	£878	£154	£128	£1,086	£768	10.5	20	140
31/07/18	£706	£807	£-101	£98	£932	£812	12.1	16	135
31/07/17	£740	£682	£58	£78	£1,033	£901	15.9	13	0
31/07/16	£782	£641	£142	£96	£975	£823	15.4	12	0
31/07/15?	£931	£830	£101	£119	£834	£750	10.8	11	0
31/03/14	£740	£771	£-31	£71	£733	£650	10.1	12	0
31/03/13	£729	£683	£46	£81	£764	£695	12.2	11	0
31/03/12	£715	£676	£39	£85	£718	£691	12.3	10	0
31/03/11	£656	£723	£-67	£83	£679	£649	10.8	10	0
31/03/10	£687	£566	£121	£60	£745	£718	15.2	8	0
31/03/09	£655	£579	£76	£88	£624	£602	12.5	9	0
31/03/08	£609	£592	£18	£97	£549	£542	11	11	0
31/03/07	£623	£477	£145	£58	£531	£500	12.6	9	0
31/03/06	£527	£432	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£492	£398	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£392	£376	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 14.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 16 months
Quick Ratio: 22

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

25 employees
150 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

City Bridge Trust	£298,700
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime	£122,319
DCMS	£26,667
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation	£25,000
Comic Relief	£25,000
The London Community Foundation	£20,600

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£122,319	10/03/2023	Ministry of Justice ISVA/IDVA 2022-25 - Continuation funding for 1 x FTE IDVA
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£25,000	23/07/2021	Towards discretionary donation
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£50,000	22/02/2021	£50,000 over 12 months towards the full-time salary of a Domestic Abuse Client Support Worker and associated costs and contributions to the Domestic Abuse Team Manager, Chief Executive, and Client ....more £50,000 over 12 months towards the full-time salary of a Domestic Abuse Client Support Worker and associated costs and contributions to the Domestic Abuse Team Manager, Chief Executive, and Client Services Team costs.
Comic Relief - Jewish Women's Aid Recovery Funding
£25,000	23/06/2020 6	COVID19 Recovery funding
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£20,600	06/05/2020	Office equipment for staff to homework, laptops, printers, extra IT support and security to enable remote working for staff. We need funding to supply women and their children with electronic devices ....more Office equipment for staff to homework, laptops, printers, extra IT support and security to enable remote working for staff. We need funding to supply women and their children with electronic devices for home schooling and aid in helping reduce social isolation and domestic abuse, in addition costs for emergency relocations.
DCMS - The Dina Project
£26,667	01/04/2020	There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual ....more There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work of their domestic violence service. This will include a sexual violence helpline, a casework support service via an independent sexual violence advocate as well as counselling provision. They will also deliver training and education services to raise awareness across the breadth of the Jewish community. As a result more women who have experienced sexual violence will receive the support they need to recover.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid
£248,700	26/03/2020	£248,700 over 5 years (£47,300; £48,500; £49,700; £51,000; £52,200) for a Domestic Abuse Worker (35 hpw) and associated costs for its London service.
DCMS - The Dina Project
£26,667	01/04/2019	There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual ....more There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work of their domestic violence service. This will include a sexual violence helpline, a casework support service via an independent sexual violence advocate as well as counselling provision. They will also deliver training and education services to raise awareness across the breadth of the Jewish community. As a result more women who have experienced sexual violence will receive the support they need to recover.
DCMS - The Dina Project
£26,667	10/12/2018	There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual ....more There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work of their domestic violence service. This will include a sexual violence helpline, a casework support service via an independent sexual violence advocate as well as counselling provision. They will also deliver training and education services to raise awareness across the breadth of the Jewish community. As a result more women who have experienced sexual violence will receive the support they need to recover.
DCMS - The Dina Project
£20,000	10/12/2018	There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual ....more There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work of their domestic violence service. This will include a sexual violence helpline, a casework support service via an independent sexual violence advocate as well as counselling provision. They will also deliver training and education services to raise awareness across the breadth of the Jewish community. As a result more women who have experienced sexual violence will receive the support they need to recover.
Comic Relief - The Dina Project
£80,000	06/11/2018 24	There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual ....more There are persistently high levels of stigma and shame around reporting of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the Jewish community. Jewish Women's Aid (JWA) will establish a pan-England sexual violence support service, to complement the work of their domestic violence service. This will include a sexual violence helpline, a casework support service via an independent sexual violence advocate as well as counselling provision. They will also deliver training and education services to raise awareness across the breadth of the Jewish community. As a result more women who have experienced sexual violence will receive the support they need to recover.
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£50,000	01/11/2018	The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Jewish Women's Aid Limited
£75,000	17/03/2016 36	The charity supports Jewish women and their children who have been affected by domestic abuse. The grant will fund the rent of the Jewish Women's Aid offices.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-62

ALIZA WEINSTEIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Manager

ANNA TURNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Consultant

CAROLINE RATNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

CATHERINE BECKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

DEBORAH AMIAS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: N/A

GABRIELLE ADLESTONE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: N/A

JOANNA BENARROCH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Of Staff Of Office Of Rabbi Sacks, Other trusteeship: JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITED,

JOANNE ROSENTHAL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

KATE DANIELS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Director

LAURA ROSEFIELD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Partner

PENINA SIMMONS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor

RACHEL DOR-CHAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Family Law Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/1995, number: 1047045
Registered at Companies House on 17/02/1995, number: 03024499

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

PO BOX 65550
LONDON
N3 9EG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY DISTRESS,SUFFERING AND SICKNESS EXPERIENCED BY JEWISH WOMEN IN THE U.K. WHO HAVE SUFFERED INJURY OR IMPAIRMENT, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL, BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR BY THE FATHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN OR BY THE MEN WITH WHOM THEY LIVE AND ANY CHILDREN OF SUCH WOMEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

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