Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 13

Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 20

BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID

To provide safe and secure temporary refuge accommodation, support and other related services to women and their children fleeing domestic violence. These services are confidential, non-judgemental and aim to empower women so that they are able to make informed choices and decisions about their future.

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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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 26 years

www.bcwa.org.uk

info@bcwa.org.uk

02083139303

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£1,954	£1,913	£41	£0	£1,622	£1,622	10.2	41	0
31/03/22		£1,557	£1,529	£27	£0	£1,581	£1,565	12.3	35	0
31/03/21		£1,731	£1,459	£272	£0	£1,554	£1,547	12.7	32	0
31/03/20		£1,339	£1,294	£45	£0	£1,282	£1,242	11.5	28	35
31/03/19		£1,261	£1,258	£4	£0	£1,237	£1,205	11.5	24	43
31/03/18	*	£1,204	£1,229	£-25	£0	£1,233	£1,151	11.2	20	0
31/03/17	*	£1,102	£836	£266	£0	£1,259	£1,187	17	13	0
31/03/16	*	£807	£759	£47	£0	£993	£981	15.5	11	0
31/03/15		£755	£751	£4	£4	£946	£937	15	12	0
31/03/14		£800	£813	£-13	£4	£942	£933	13.8	13	0
31/03/13		£889	£797	£92	£4	£955	£942	14.2	12	0
31/03/12		£735	£762	£-26	£5	£863	£849	13.4	13	0
31/03/11		£776	£702	£74	£5	£890	£880	15	12	0
31/03/10		£738	£708	£30	£6	£816	£804	13.6	12	0
31/03/09	*	£737	£588	£150	£6	£786	£775	15.8	12	0
31/03/08	*	£741	£635	£106	£6	£637	£614	11.6	14	0
31/03/07	*	£741	£658	£83	£6	£531	£489	8.9	14	0
31/03/06		£722	£599	£124	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£685	£639	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£666	£559	£108	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 63%
Liabilities/Income: 141%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 10.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Bromley, Croydon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

41 employees

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	£408,848
Henry Smith Charity	£194,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£139,344
The London Community Foundation	£92,357
City Bridge Trust	£81,642
DCMS	£69,672
The Clothworkers Foundation	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bromley & Croydon Women's Aid
£194,000	21/09/2023 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing a counselling service for people with experience of domestic abuse in the London Boroughs of Bromley and Croydon.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bromley & Croydon Women's Aid
£50,000	11/07/2023	Building a garden office for a charity which works with victim-survivors of domestic abuse in Bromley
National Lottery Community Fund - Young People's Domestic Abuse Service
£408,848	24/03/2022	The project is using funding to deliver the 'Young people's domestic abuse service' in Bromley and Croydon. The project will support young people aged 11-24 experiencing domestic abuse through 1:1 or ....more The project is using funding to deliver the 'Young people's domestic abuse service' in Bromley and Croydon. The project will support young people aged 11-24 experiencing domestic abuse through 1:1 or group support delivering early intervention and prevention work in schools and in the community as well as training carers and professionals working young people.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bromley and Croydon Women's Aid Ltd
£50,000	22/04/2021	towards the salary of a Volunteer Manager, administration and other core running costs as agreed with your assessor
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bromley and Croydon Women's Aid
£72,167	22/12/2020 16	To support staff costs, including: volunteer management; Resettlement Officer; Outreach Workers Support Line Worker and Administrator. The grant will also support the purchase of equipment for staff: ....more To support staff costs, including: volunteer management; Resettlement Officer; Outreach Workers Support Line Worker and Administrator. The grant will also support the purchase of equipment for staff: 4 mobiles and 4 laptops, to support their remote working.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bromley and Croydon Women's Aid Ltd
£27,357	28/09/2020	towards the development of a mental health programme to support the resilience and wellbeing of staff and therapeutic arts activities for service users, costs of interpreters and digital capacity ....more towards the development of a mental health programme to support the resilience and wellbeing of staff and therapeutic arts activities for service users, costs of interpreters and digital capacity building to support organisational capacity and the adaptation of a key support programme to online delivery, as outlined in your application.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bromley & Croydon Women's Aid
£20,190	17/07/2020	Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£69,672	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
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£69,672	05/06/2020	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.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Bromley and Croydon Women's Aid
£2,800	12/05/2020 12	Covid Fund Small Grant unrestricted core costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bromley and Croydon Women's Aid Ltd
£4,285	04/05/2020	A grant of £4,285 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£69,672	01/04/2020	A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,258	01/10/2018	#RelationshipGoals To develop a project to raise awareness of healthy relationships in secondary schools and youth settings, by providing talks and group work with the aim of tackling gendered ....more #RelationshipGoals To develop a project to raise awareness of healthy relationships in secondary schools and youth settings, by providing talks and group work with the aim of tackling gendered attitudes and behaviours that lead to criminal activity.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley & Croydon Women's Aid
£2,734	29/11/2017	We would like to meet the emergency needs of women and children who come to our local refuges when fleeing domestic abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£684,080	22/03/2016 60	The project is aimed at sustaining the tailored support for victims of domestic abuse with complex needs such as drug and alcohol dependencies, mental health problems. The organisation will recruit ....more The project is aimed at sustaining the tailored support for victims of domestic abuse with complex needs such as drug and alcohol dependencies, mental health problems. The organisation will recruit outreach workers who will develop partnerships with local stakeholders; work with schools and other organisations on healthy and safe relationships; co-ordinate activities and workshops with young girls at local youth clubs; provide support through tailored one to one sessions; provide peer support opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - BWA Self Help Support Group Network
£101,296	12/05/2010 48	This project provides Self Help Support Groups in the London Borough of Bromley for women who have experienced domestic violence. The groups will enable like minded women who have all had similar ....more This project provides Self Help Support Groups in the London Borough of Bromley for women who have experienced domestic violence. The groups will enable like minded women who have all had similar experiences and are in need of each other's support to meet regularly. These groups will help the women reduce social isolation, regain confidence, move forward with their lives and assist others who have experienced domestic violence.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-63

AMBER ANDRADE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

CATHERINE JANE WARWICK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

ELAINE JENNIFER ESTEEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Facilitator

FRANCES BROWNHILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Director

HELEN LARYEA-DYER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Director

LAURA JOHNSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

SARAH JANE CASEBERRY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Digital Marketing

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/1998, number: 1068007
Registered at Companies House on 18/02/1997, number: 03320296

Gift Aid

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
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; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 5 days late, AR07: 45 days late,

Main office

3rd Floor
20 King Street
EC2V 8EG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF SAFE REFUGE AND SUPPORT TO WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED AND PURSUANT TO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONGST SUCH WOMEN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

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