Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WEST WALES DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD 

Provide emergency refuge accommodation to persons and children affected by domestic abuse. We support families in the community with floating support and outreach. Specialist services for children and young persons.Other services include the running of the Freedom Programme, Recovery Toolkit, substance misuse, counselling, homeopathy and fun days out. awareness raising.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 15 years

http://www.westwalesdas.org.uk

info@westwalesdas.org.uk

01970 612225

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UN SDGs
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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£1,045£662£383£0£1,509£1,05719.2254
31/03/22£975£518£457£0£1,126£67015.5246
31/03/21*£734£520£214£0£669£3808.8216
31/03/20£531£490£40£0£455£1984.8195
31/03/19£505£493£13£6£415£1333.2192
31/03/18£556£517£38£6£402£1313170
31/03/17*£521£466£55£4£364£942.4170
31/03/16£459£493£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£474£485£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£479£514£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£439£422£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£346£346£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£457£336£121£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£210£210£0£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: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 19.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 23 months
Quick Ratio: 27.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ceredigion,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 4 volunteers

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
DCMS£78,122
Comic Relief£66,446
Lloyds Bank Foundation£58,405
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Wales Domestic Abuse Service Ltd
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of West Wales Domestic Abuse Service Ltd
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to West Wales Domestic Abuse Service Ltd
£2,250 07/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to West Wales Domestic Abuse Service Ltd
£6,155 28/07/2020
Grant to West Wales Domestic Abuse Service Ltd meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Comic Relief - Older Women Living with and Surviving Domestic Abuse OWLS 2 Project
£31,630 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£25,898 20/05/2020
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
DCMS - Older Women Living With and Surviving Domestic Abuse (OWLS) Project
£34,816 14/02/2020
Older women are less likely to leave an abusive relationship than younger women. They fear there will be negative family consequences and will experience isolation. West Wales Domestic Abuse Service ....more
DCMS - Older Women Living With and Surviving Domestic Abuse (OWLS) Project
£17,408 14/02/2020
Older women are less likely to leave an abusive relationship than younger women. They fear there will be negative family consequences and will experience isolation. West Wales Domestic Abuse Service ....more
Comic Relief - Older Women Living with and Surviving Domestic Abuse OWLS 2 Project
£34,816 21/01/2020
12
Older women are less likely to leave an abusive relationship than younger women. They fear there will be negative family consequences and will experience isolation. West Wales Domestic Abuse Service ....more
DCMS - Older Women Living With and Surviving Domestic Abuse (OWLS) Project
£26,317 14/02/2019
Older women are less likely to leave an abusive relationship than younger women. They fear there will be negative family consequences and will experience isolation. West Wales Domestic Abuse Service ....more
DCMS - Older Women Living With and Surviving Domestic Abuse (OWLS) Project
£8,772 14/02/2019
Older women are less likely to leave an abusive relationship than younger women. They fear there will be negative family consequences and will experience isolation. West Wales Domestic Abuse Service ....more
Comic Relief - Older Women Living With and Surviving Domestic Abuse (OWLS) Project
£26,317 09/01/2019
12
Older women are less likely to leave an abusive relationship than younger women. They fear there will be negative family consequences and will experience isolation. West Wales Domestic Abuse Service ....more
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£11,904 01/12/2018
The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Wales Domestic Abuse Service Ltd
£66,389 22/03/2018
36
delivering support services to individuals experiencing domestic abuse seeking help
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Wales Womens Aid
£66,389 06/05/2015
36
delivering support services to individuals experiencing domestic abuse seeking help
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Wales Womens Aid
£18,100 19/09/2011
staff training, staff delivery, counselling and office costs relating to the Freedom Programme and Recovery Toolkit Programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - RECESSION 2: Family support project
£49,340 18/10/2010
24
The project will provide a worker who will provide 2 x 10 week planned age appropriate sessions plus ongoing support to children that will allow them to talk about their experiences of living with or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Recession: Domestic Abuse One Stop Shop
£50,000 11/03/2010
24
The project will employ an additional worker to provide crisis support to victims of domestic abuse. This worker will be the first point of contact in crisis situations, and will ensure that clients ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2009, number: 1131539
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/06/2009, number: 06926414
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
14 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR12: 119 days late,
Main office

42 PORTLAND ROAD
ABERYSTWYTH
SY23 2NL

Objectives

A. TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF PERSONS AND CHILDREN CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF REFUGE ACCOMMODATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE SAID OBJECTS B. TO RELIEVE ANY PERSON OR CHILD IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY, OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICE OR FACILITIES C. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE D. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF, AND TO UNDERTAKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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