Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8

WIGHT DASH 

Provides information and support to women and their children who are living with or who have lived with domestic abuse or other forms of disadvantage. Services offered via our Women's Centre and in the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 19 years
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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£292£324£-32n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/22£297£300£-3n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/21£353£281£72n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/20£242£311£-69n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£283£400£-117n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£423£443£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£422£371£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£387£282£105£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£332£282£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£294£285£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£346£287£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£309£267£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£255£262£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£294£271£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£290£278£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£253£245£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£238£227£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£214£213£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 13 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Wight,

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
BBC Children in Need£119,235
Lloyds Bank Foundation£109,925
Tudor Trust£92,000
DCMS£46,945
National Lottery Community Fund£7,842
Rosa UK£3,264
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Wight DASH
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Rosa UK - C19 R4-WIGHT-2021
£3,264 30/03/2021
A grant of £3,264 was awarde to continue funding a Recovery Worker post supporting women affected by trauma.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Wight Dash
£2,000 18/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£4,059 01/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,886 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Wight Dash
£90,000 04/08/2020
36
over three years towards core and salary costs at a charity supporting women affected by domestic and sexual abuse on the Isle of Wight
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Wight DASH
£7,675 23/07/2020
Grant to Wight DASH meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Wight DASH
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund IT software for staff and resources to support children and young people affected by domestic violence who are feeling isolated due to Covid-19. Young people will ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 27/05/2020
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Freedom Programme
£7,842 18/07/2019
12
The organisation will continue their training programme to support women who have been impacted through substance and domestic abuse with a view to improving their general health and wellbeing.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wight DASH
£100,000 17/07/2019
36
Wight Dash are requesting a contribution towards their core costs providing support to women with complex social issues including Domestic Abuse, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Health and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Wight DASH
£116,235 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide play therapy and support to children and young people who have experienced neglect, domestic violence, mental illness and addiction. Children and young people will improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£450,000 29/03/2016
48
WOW! Centre is a new safe place for island women to go to as a one stop shop for women and girls to access information, support and companionship. They will support women and their children who have ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Island Women's Refuge
£45,000 17/03/2016
36
The Island Women's Refuge provides refuge, outreach and IDVA support to women and children affected by DV on the Isle of Wight. This is a request for funding towards the core posts of the CE and the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CLAIRE REES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Sen Teaching Assistant
  • LINDSAY HART (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • SHEILA LUCAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Independent Property Agent
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2005, number: 1108138
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/08/2004, number: 05217945
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE COMMUNITY CHURCH (IW) on 12/01/2021
Main office

EXCHANGE HOUSE
ST CROSS LANE
NEWPORT
ISLE OF WIGHT
PO30 5BZ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT OF WOMEN AND/OR THEIR DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHERE APPLICABLE, WHO ARE SUFFERING OR HAVE SUFFERED FROM MATRIMONIAL OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ABUSE, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ISLE OF WIGHT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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