Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +10

WOMEN ACTING IN TODAYS SOCIETY 

Women Acting In Todays Society (WAITS) supporting women affected by domestic abuse, with specialism in supporting BAME women and Offenders. Providing ,advocacy, refuge , counselling, development workshops that aim to increase skills and confidence. Empowering women, building the leadership skills of women to engage more effectively with networks, policy makers and service providers
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 14 years

www.waitsaction.org

support@waitsaction.org

01214401443

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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£377£412£-36n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/22£373£332£41n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/21£426£330£96n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£396£281£115n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£273£234£40n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£233£241£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£169£250£-80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£214£202£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£115£133£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£70£140£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£186£187£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£155£203£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£455£240£214£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 19 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Sandwell,

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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£63,854
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£36,756
DCMS£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,874
People's Health Trust£11,924
Heart Of England Community Foundation£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Women Acting in Today's Society
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society
£50,000 11/07/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Women Acting in Today's Society
People's Health Trust - Sisters Together
£11,924 12/04/2022
This two-year project for Black and Minority Ethnic communities, newly-arrived communities and non-English speakers who are survivors of domestic abuse in Birmingham. It aims to improve social ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Iona Resilience and Resettlement project
£10,000 29/09/2021
A grant is requested to fund the salary of a p/t (20 hours) DV support worker for 12 months on the Iona Resilience and Resettlement project,
National Lottery Community Fund - Iona Resilience and Resettlement Project
£9,974 25/06/2021
The funding will be used to cover the salary of a domestic abuse support worker who will provide an additional service and meet up with women at short notice assess their needs and support them to ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£20,000 02/09/2020
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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/08/2020
Catering and Healthy Eating Training Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Women Acting in Today's Society
£11,604 24/07/2020
Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£36,756 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - Catering training project
£9,900 21/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to develop and deliver a catering training course for women who are ex-offenders or survivors of domestic abuse. The project aims to equip participants with life and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society
£99,000 26/03/2019
36
Towards the running of floating support services, and 3 homeless refuge accommodations across Birmingham. For women fleeing domestic abuse, honour based violence, forced marriages, and female genital ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - WAITS' Community Integration Project
£292,791 31/08/2018
36
This funding will be used to prevent reoffending through developing a resettlement support programme which provides advocacy, practical support, housing, training, and employment opportunities to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society (WAITS)
£104,700 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' salaries of two Transition Support Workers and running costs of a project in Birmingham providing resettlement services and activities for female ex-offenders and those at risk ....more
Comic Relief - WAITS Services
£36,000 30/11/2016
24
WAITS provides supported accommodation, advice and training to predominately Black and minority ethnic women that have experienced domestic violence and abuse, vulnerable homeless women and women ....more
DCMS - WAITS Services
£18,000 30/11/2016
WAITS provides supported accommodation, advice and training to predominately Black and minority ethnic women that have experienced domestic violence and abuse, vulnerable homeless women and women ....more
DCMS - WAITS Services
£18,000 30/11/2016
WAITS provides supported accommodation, advice and training to predominately Black and minority ethnic women that have experienced domestic violence and abuse, vulnerable homeless women and women ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society
£34,000 01/11/2016
24
A Birmingham project providing a key level of support for women leaving prison at the critical point of their release. It will support them to address issues of abuse, coach to re-build confidence ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Integration Service
£154,752 26/01/2015
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society
£34,000 08/10/2014
A Birmingham project providing a key level of support for women leaving prison at the critical point of their release. It will support them to address issues of abuse, coach to re-build confidence ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society
£35,000 29/06/2011
the salary of the Transition Officer
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Women Acting in Today's Society (WAITS)
£45,300 05/05/2011
Towards the costs of a service to assist female prisoners to re-integrate within communities in Birmingham.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 50-77
  • TINA SWANI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive Charitable Trust
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2010, number: 1135026
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/02/2010, number: 07155976
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

Women Acting In Todays Society WAITS
3rd Floor East
Wesleyan Building
Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6AR

Objectives

(1) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF WOMEN TO FULFIL THEIR ROLES IN SOCIETY.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMINGSOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTINGTHEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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