Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

NORTH DEVON AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED

Provide refuge services for women and their children fleeing domestic violence/abuse and provision of high risk IDVA services and Court IDVA services in the community.
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 predominantly female

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,117£1,098£19£1£854£8449.22220
31/03/22£830£796£34£0£833£82812.52220
31/03/21£987£684£303£19£799£66611.72220
31/03/20£725£688£37£41£497£4768.31720
31/03/19£599£661£-62£68£459£4217.61622
31/03/18£685£662£24£99£522£4558.2160
31/03/17£652£571£80£88£498£3918.2140
31/03/16£610£546£64£53£418£3638140
31/03/15£566£510£56£76£354£3277.7140
31/03/14£580£610£-30£63£297£2935.8220
31/03/13£537£582£-45£1£328£3226.6210
31/03/12£464£478£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£626£566£60£0£398£3788210
31/03/10£486£466£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£542£463£80£2£319£3057.9160
31/03/08£383£374£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£359£356£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£299£307£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£296£272£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£264£227£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 9.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 45.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.ndada.co.uk

admin@ndada.co.uk

01271321946

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£262,370
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£141,572
BBC Children in Need£90,467
Devon Community Foundation£19,569
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse (NDADA)
£2,325 21/10/2023
We would like to expand our counselling provision to provide free counselling support to adults affected by domestic abuse, either current or historic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Bronwen's Place NDADA
£262,370 30/09/2021
36
The organisation will use the funding over three years to contribute to the delivery and further development of their wraparound service for victims of domestic abuse in North Devon and Torridge. Specifically the grant will be used to fund recovery ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse
£89,967 17/12/2020
This project will deliver advocacy and wellbeing support to children who have experienced domestic abuse. The activities will improve relationships with non-abusive parents, the ability to cope with feelings and personal safety.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Grow Together Side by Side
£14,965 08/10/2020
5
Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£70,786 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
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Staying Connected with NDADA
£4,604 14/05/2020
0
Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£70,786 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 01/01/2019
Brighter Horizons which is our Big Lottery Women & Girls funded project is particularly useful and appealing for the most marginalized of our clients, the harder to reach, older women, those with long term mental and physical ill health. ....more
Devon Community Foundation - This is Me
£10,000 08/11/2018
11
providing personal development and empowerment 'Pattern Changing' courses for up to 50 women in North Devon who have experienced and are recovering from domestic abuse, helping to increase their confidence, make them feel safer and improve their ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse
£75,000 18/10/2018
36
To fund a part-time Refuge Manager to manage refuge provision.
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£693,313 22/03/2016
60
A temporary refuge to women and children who have fled domestic abuse and support and aftercare to any woman who has left refuge with ongoing holistic services. The only refuge left in Devon it extends its services nationwide. A discrete bus will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse (NDADA)
£120,000 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Health Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to support women and their children in cases of domestic abuse in North Devon
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Devon Womens Aid
£75,000 10/09/2014
Support for a manager will help to keep open the only refuge provision left in Devon. It will provide support programmes for women. Refuge is the only setting in which this work can be carried out effectively
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse (NDADA)
£40,000 12/09/2013
24
towards two years' salary of a Health Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to support women and their children in cases of domestic abuse in Devon
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Devon Womens Aid
£36,000 28/07/2011
the salary of the Chief Executive
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-78
  • ALISON MYFANWY MILLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Museum Curator
  • IRENE HOCKIN Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Haulage Contractor
  • JANE ELISABETH STANLEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self-Employed Retailer
  • JOANNA MORRISH (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • KAREN LOUISE VAN-EVELINGEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Psychological Therapist
  • MELANIE JEAN CULLEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Nurse Manager
  • ROY ERNEST TOMLINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • SUSAN AGARD BARBER Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Psychiatric Nurse
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2003, number: 1098450
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/03/2003, number: 04699463
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

PO BOX 141
BARNSTAPLE
EX32 7YN

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY MEN, WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, WHO ARE SUFFERING, OR HAVE SUFFERED, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/ABUSE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NORTH DEVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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