Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE LIMITED 

NWC is run by women, for women. It's a women-only space where women achieve amazing things. We offer:Courses and activities like maths, yoga, healthy relationships and archeryAdvice on welfare benefitsCounselling Help to get into workVolunteeringSelf-help groups around mental healthWe also campaign on issues that matter to women and support other women's organisations.
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:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 20 years

www.nottinghamwomenscentre.com

admin@nottinghamwomenscentre.com

01159411475

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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£881£892£-10£0£624£6028.12891
31/03/22£942£865£78£0£634£6088.42777
31/03/21£790£686£104£0£556£5279.22471
31/03/20£685£639£46£0£452£4227.92060
31/03/19£761£656£106£0£406£3626.62271
31/03/18*£649£606£43£0£300£2655.3190
31/03/17£744£700£44£0£257£2384.1230
31/03/16£519£535£-16£0£214£2094.7200
31/03/15£526£490£36£11£230£2065180
31/03/14£399£363£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£276£260£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£268£293£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£410£339£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£286£286£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£189£194£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£212£192£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£252£217£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£180£209£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£161£106£55£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 19.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 28 employees
  • 91 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottinghamshire,

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 of Justice£108,659
Architectural Heritage Fund£74,658
Lloyds Bank Foundation£60,151
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Nottingham Women's Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Nottingham Women's Centre
£61,068 24/10/2022
Nottingham Women's Centre
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nottingham Women's Centre
£50,000 11/02/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Nottingham Women's Centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 25/06/2021
Core costs
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Nottingham Women's Centre
£13,590 06/04/2021
Nottingham Women's Centre
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Core Costs Funding
£59,909 01/04/2021
To support organisations which are developing a whole systems approach to female offenders across the country.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Funding
£48,750 20/01/2021
The womens community sector grants scheme offers £2.5 million in funding for core costs to promote greater financial stability throughout the sector.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Women
£4,000 12/01/2021
3
The funding will be used to purchase IT equipment for female service users looking to access support activities such as counselling education employment and volunteering opportunities. This project ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Nottingham Women's Centre
£7,901 23/07/2020
Grant to Nottingham Women's Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Women Side by Side
£16,761 04/02/2019
Headspace is a mental health peer support project. It will establish up to four groups to encourage women to talk about their mental health and offer support to each other. Peer Facilitators will be ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£9,753 07/01/2019
Social isolation reduces as women take ownership of the groups they are part of, become more involved in creating their own networks and supporting others to become involved. Our day-time Crafty Club ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nottingham Women's Centre
£14,600 18/04/2018
12
The grant will support Nottingham Women's Centre to take the lead and prepare for a significant property search and relocation including consultation, identifying specification and financial options.
National Lottery Community Fund - Renew Plus
£369,328 14/02/2018
36
Bespoke mental health support will be provided to local women who are experiencing mental health problems. This project will address needs which are important to recovery, such as confidence ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Evolve (Energy, Voice, Overcoming, Learning, Valuing, Empowering)
£491,890 03/03/2016
60
The project will empower women living with extreme hardship to achieve better long-term outcomes for themselves and their children through tailored support and providing them with new skills ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - LIB-erate - A cultural literacy and library renovation project
£10,000 30/01/2014
12
_x000B_This is a project by a charity in Nottingham. The group will use the funding to renovate an unused in-house library area to create a safe and social space which will be used to run ESOL, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - RENEW - Re-energised, Empowered and Networked Women.
£261,967 17/06/2013
48
This is a development of an existing project by Nottingham Womens Centre which helps the women of Nottingham improve their mental health and well-being through a counselling and empowerment scheme. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nottingham Women's Centre
£20,000 28/02/2013
the charity support vulnerable women across Nottingham. The role of the Centre Manager will ensure the charity help women to gain confidence, skills, improve mental health and literacy.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-66
  • DIANA ALI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artist, Lecturer, Curator, Other trusteeship: AXIS WEB,
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/09/2004, number: 1105837
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/04/2004, number: 05113835
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR18: 64 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 66 days late,
Main office

30 CHAUCER STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 5LP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE WOMAN OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID PERSONS;TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, AND AS APPROPRIATE TO WORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY OF AGE, AIDS/HIV STATUS, BEING BISEXUAL, BODY SIZE, CLASS, NATIONALITY, RELIGION AND POLITICAL BELIEFS. LESBIAN, MENTAL HEALTH, BEING PARENTS OR CARERS, RACE, NATIONALITY, RELIGION AND POLITICAL BELIEFS.THE CHARITY SHALL HAVE POWER TO AFFILIATE TO THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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