Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: -2

BEXLEY WOMENS AID

The mission of Bexley Women's Aid is to enable and empower women and children experiencing domestic violence to obtain and sustain a safe living environment.Services provided include helpline, refuge, floating support, community outreach for women and children and education programs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 27 years

www.bexleywomensaid.org.uk

clair@bexleywomensaid.org.uk

02083017841

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	*	£183	£194	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£108	£209	£-101	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£157	£229	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20		£159	£220	£-61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/19		£676	£648	£28	£6	£454	£440	8.1	11	2
31/03/18		£619	£612	£7	£2	£426	£400	7.8	14	0
31/03/17	*	£625	£620	£5	£1	£419	£413	8	10	0
31/03/16		£626	£572	£54	£8	£413	£409	8.6	12	0
31/03/15		£578	£590	£-13	£7	£359	£356	7.2	14	0
31/03/14		£555	£551	£4	£7	£372	£338	7.4	11	0
31/03/13		£615	£540	£75	£8	£368	£353	7.8	13	0
31/03/12		£530	£542	£-12	£9	£293	£277	6.1	11	0
31/03/11		£624	£566	£58	£9	£305	£294	6.2	12	0
31/03/10		£590	£552	£37	£5	£247	£230	5	12	0
31/03/09		£588	£511	£76	£6	£209	£192	4.5	16	0
31/03/08		£529	£536	£-7	£4	£133	£117	2.6	15	0
31/03/07		£524	£539	£-14	£23	£140	£126	2.8	13	0
31/03/06		£532	£533	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£523	£490	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£456	£454	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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	£158,924
Greater London Authority	£30,890
The London Community Foundation	£21,061
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,773
The Fore	£3,912

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greater London Authority - Continuation Grant
£30,890	01/04/2022	Additional bedspaces and helpline (5 bedspaces, 100 callers)
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bexley Women's Aid
£21,061	17/07/2020	Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget. Please note that your application has been part funded as confirmed with you by MOPAC.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Bexley Women's Aid
£3,912	06/07/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Bexley Women's Aid, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£61,054	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
£97,870	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 - Volunteer Coordinator
£9,773	12/09/2019 12	Volunteer Coordinator
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£23,000	01/04/2019	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.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-57

UZMA ALI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Development Projects Officer

CHARLOTTE LYNCH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director

SUSAN STANSFIELD (Chair) Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Police Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/07/1997, number: 1063427
Registered at Companies House on 07/11/1995, number: 03123424

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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: 16 days late, AR17: 1 days late,

Main office

PO BOX 25
BEXLEYHEATH
KENT
DA7 4BS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF REFUGE ACCOMMODATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEASURES AS SHALL FURTHER THE SAID OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEXLEY

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