Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

WEAR VALLEY WOMEN'S AID LIMITED

To provide refuge accommodation and outreach support to relieve distress and suffering experienced by women and children living in and around the area of Wear Valley, who have been physically sexually or emotionally abused (domestic abuse).

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£294	£228	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£234	£192	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£329	£177	£152	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£227	£176	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£146	£150	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£155	£135	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£151	£183	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£166	£186	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£180	£209	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£183	£206	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£207	£210	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£175	£212	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£184	£204	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£233	£214	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£203	£205	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£208	£173	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£162	£167	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£149	£166	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£149	£132	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£165	£113	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.wvwa.co.uk

bishref_2003@yahoo.co.uk

07946190203

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£17,585
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£11,788
County Durham Community Foundation	£9,000
DCMS	£5,894

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Refuge Running Costs
£10,000	25/08/2023	The funding will help to provide safe accommodation for women and children fleeing domestic abuse and sexual violence. They also provide an outreach programme offering support and advice to women who ....more The funding will help to provide safe accommodation for women and children fleeing domestic abuse and sexual violence. They also provide an outreach programme offering support and advice to women who are still in their own homes. This provides tailored support plans to support participants needs and help them move on into independent living in the community and to improve their lives.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bishop Auckland Refuge
£2,761	23/10/2021	We aim to provide a fully-accessible disability suite, for use by women and children suffering any mobility issues, and for those escaping domestic abuse.
County Durham Community Foundation - Grant to Wear Valley Women's Aid
£4,000	27/10/2020	Towards general running costs of the Refuge.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£5,894	26/06/2020	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
£5,894	26/06/2020	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 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
County Durham Community Foundation - Wear Valley Women's Aid
£5,000	11/06/2020	To provide a continuation of services during Covid-19.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£5,894	01/04/2020	A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic Abuse Prevention Outreach Worke
£7,585	01/08/2019 12	The funding will be used to hire an outreach worker to work with the police, social services and support agencies, to provide support and interventions for vulnerable people and families affected by ....more The funding will be used to hire an outreach worker to work with the police, social services and support agencies, to provide support and interventions for vulnerable people and families affected by domestic abuse.
County Durham Community Foundation - Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Worker Programme
£2,500	20/04/2017	Towards the domestic abuse volunteer support worker programme.
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Wear Valley Women's Aid (Durham)
£2,500	04/06/2014	To fund a strategy day.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

CLLR ANNE REED Appointed: 2021

ALISON HOPE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Office Manager

CLLR ANITA SAVORY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE WOLSINGHAM YOUTH CLUB MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE,

PAULA CARLING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Support Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/09/1996, number: 1057916
Registered at Companies House on 14/06/1996, number: 03212347

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 100 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from DERWENTSIDE WOMEN'S AID on 04/05/2021

Main office

9 ETHERLEY LANE
BISHOP AUCKLAND
DL14 7QR

Objectives

TO RELIEVE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIVING IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF WEAR VALLEY WHO HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY,SEXUALLY OR EMOTIONALLY ABUSED

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN AND AROUND AREA OF WEAR VALLEY

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