Overall GiG Score: 23 ?
Finance Score: 10
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +8

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 

The charities activities are to support people who live or work in the Metroploitan District of Leeds, including rural areas, who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse and to work with other agencies within the community to raise awareness of the issues of domestic abuse.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 17 years

www.behind-closed-doors.org.uk

info@behind-closed-doors.org.uk

01133911917

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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£752£740£12£6£407£3896.3201
31/03/22£588£550£38£2£396£3517.7161
31/03/21£627£566£60£3£358£3357.1150
31/03/20*£638£545£93£9£298£2956.51422
31/03/19£477£460£17n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£379£393£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£454£423£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£545£457£88£10£171£1514140
31/03/15£329£364£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£304£312£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£311£277£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£265£228£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£247£233£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£92£143£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£146£126£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£185£114£71£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 6.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 11.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 1 volunteer
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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£441,556
Henry Smith Charity£117,000
The Pilgrim Trust£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£11,880
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Behind Closed Doors
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£117,000 02/11/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing support for women, men and families who have experienced domestic abuse in Leeds.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 18/06/2021
Application for Revenue Funding from Behind Closed Doors (BCD)
National Lottery Community Fund - Prevention and Recovery Service (PARS)
£441,556 25/01/2021
36
The project is using funding to provide one to one individualised trauma-informed and strengths-based support to survivors and to people at risk of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in Leeds. Support ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£3,000 24/07/2020
Private donation to Behind Closed Doors
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Behind Closed Doors
£9,630 24/07/2020
Grant to Behind Closed Doors meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
CAF - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£4,303 18/06/2020
3
Grant to Behind Closed Doors to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 22/05/2020
Application for Revenue Funding from Behind Closed Doors (BCD)
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£40,000 29/05/2019
36
Prevention and Recovery Service (PARS); Support for women vulnerable to violence and abuse
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£99,128 26/03/2019
36
The grant is for core cost of Behind Closed Doors, a charity providing specialist services to people experiencing domestic abuse.
Leeds Community Foundation - Prevention and Recovery Service (PARS)
£19,455 28/02/2019
11
To maintain the capacity of the PARS by supporting the delivery costs associated with providing person-centred, face to face support for people affected by DV&A, across Leeds, with a focus on ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Increasing employability prospects
£4,443 28/01/2019
11
To work people aged 16-30 whose personal capacity to improve their mental well-being and self- confidence has been negatively impacted by their experiences of Domestic Violence & Abuse ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£113,800 26/01/2018
36
Towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and associated costs of the PARS worker at a project providing supporting women experiencing domestic abuse in Leeds.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£113,800 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and associated costs of the Prevention and Recovery Service Worker at a project supporting women experiencing domestic abuse in Leeds
National Lottery Community Fund - Prevention and Recovery Service (PARS)
£412,276 07/04/2017
36
The project aims to support more women, transgenders, men and children affected by domestic violence and abuse who are not entitled to help from statutory services to rebuild their lives. Workshops ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£73,767 10/06/2015
36
supports women, men and children across the District of Leeds, whose lives are affected by domestic abuse by offering community based outreach services, providing practical and emotional support, ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£5,470 02/02/2015
as a development grant to support this Leeds-based domestic violence charity's work around social return on investment
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£90,500 27/10/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and associated costs of the PARS Supervisor at a project providing support to women experiencing domestic abuse in Leeds
Tudor Trust - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£150,000 10/10/2014
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the running costs of the Prevention and Recovery Service which supports people in Leeds who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence
Tudor Trust - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£70,000 23/10/2013
over one year as continuation funding towards the running costs of the Preventative and Proactive Outreach Service for women in Leeds who are experiencing or who have experienced domestic violence
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Behind Closed Doors
£32,672 17/08/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Organisation Director, and the Administration, Finance and Monitoring Officer
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards running costs of the programme
£2,500 25/02/2009
Towards running costs of the programme helping women and children affected by domestic violence in Leeds.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-66
  • ALISON PUENTE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/10/2006, number: 1116500
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/2006, number: 05802623
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
  • 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
16 returns made; AR20: 5 days late,
Main office

PO Box 296
LEEDS
LS12 9FP

Objectives

To promote and provide preventative and supportive services to the public and in particular those people whose lives are impacted by domestic abuse and violence (?impacted individuals?).By raising awareness and an understanding of domestic abuse and violence, our work includes supporting children and young people in a family setting impacted as a result of domestic violence and abuse in their own home. BCD provides training and gives access to services and information as well as working together with other agencies which support impacted individuals and their families.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF LEEDS AND OUTLYING RURAL AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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