Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

YOUR SANCTUARY 

We are a charity based in Woking, Surrey, using a trauma-informed, needs-led approach to support and empower survivors of domestic abuse. We provide a domestic abuse helpline, a community-based outreach service for survivors living or working in North West Surrey, the specialist male survivor service for Surrey, two refuges for survivors and their children, and a therapeutic children's service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Established: 14 years

yoursanctuary.org.uk

admin@yoursanctuary.org.uk

01483776868

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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£1,752£1,507£245£55£1,342£1,1619.22945
31/03/22£1,491£1,260£231£46£1,097£9178.72667
31/03/21£1,506£1,138£368£52£866£85392275
31/03/20£871£842£29£51£498£4977.11970
31/03/19£777£737£40£55£469£4597.51760
31/03/18£673£702£-29£19£430£4157.1170
31/03/17*£673£660£14£10£459£4588.3160
31/03/16£687£676£11£10£445£4437.9170
31/03/15£671£623£48£24£434£4248.2160
31/03/14*£552£568£-16£23£387£3878.2190
31/03/13£558£528£30£14£403£3277.4140
31/03/12£558£577£-19£20£372£3567.4190
31/03/11£714£323£391£12£391£36113.4190

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 9.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 29 employees
  • 45 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,

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
Community Foundation for Surrey£98,072
Masonic Trust£60,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£30,000
Henry Smith Charity£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Helpline Development
£7,500 09/01/2023
Funding towards the staff costs of expanding an online chat service for victims of domestic abuse, tackling access issues including ESL and speech/hearing disabilities.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Children's Service in Refuge
£10,000 11/07/2022
Funding to provide children’s support service to victims of domestic abuse
Community Foundation for Surrey - Your Sanctuary - Core Costs
£10,000 19/07/2021
5
Funding toward the essential running costs of a charity that provides support services to women who have been affected by domestic violence in Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Complex Needs Service in refuge
£10,000 17/06/2021
12
Funding towards the cost of 2 full time workers delivering a new Complex Needs service for those fleeing domestic abuse who are also affected by complex mental health and substance/alcohol issues.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 24/02/2021
A grant to support children and young people affected by domestic abuse in Surrey.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,730 21/08/2020
"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
Community Foundation for Surrey - Children's Refuge Playworker
£10,000 28/07/2020
12
Funding toward the salary cost of a Playworker, for a charity, based in Surrey, that offers refuge to women that have experienced domestic abuse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Your Sanctuary
£30,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support Your Sanctuary to sustain their work to support work addressing Domestic Abuse Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Domestic abuse
£3,072 03/04/2020
Contribution towards salary costs for a charity helping victims of domestic abuse during the Coronavirus pandemic
Community Foundation for Surrey - Community Outreach Volunteer Service
£10,000 07/02/2020
9
Recruit and train Volunteers for a community outreach service at a domestic abuse charity.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Children's Outreach Service
£5,000 17/01/2020
12
Children's community outreach service for children who have witnessed domestic abuse.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Your Sanctuary
£2,821 15/11/2019
We want to provide training and DBS checks for staff and volunteers in safeguarding, to support victims of domestic abuse.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Helpline Development Appeal
£12,500 18/10/2019
11
Implementation of a multi-channel helpline to support people affected by domestic abuse.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Core costs over 2 years
£20,000 08/07/2019
11
£20,000 towards two years’ essential running costs of a project providing support services to women who have been affected by domestic violence in Surrey.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to YourSanctuary
£20,000 12/06/2019
24
towards two years' running costs of a project in Surrey providing support services for women who have been affected by domestic violence
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 04/02/2019
The new volunteer outreach service will be a needs led service and dedicated to helping women who have suffered from domestic abuse to lead a safe, independent and healthy life, free from violence ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Outreach Service Development
£10,000 18/12/2018
11
Funding to extend community outreach support which will provide emotional and practical help to those who have been affected by domestic abuse on a longer term and more flexible basis.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to yourSanctuary
£5,188 19/11/2018
We need to cover the costs of delivering a group work programme for mums and their children who have experienced domestic abuse.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Domestic Abuse Helpline Service
£10,500 01/10/2018
6
Support for a domestic abuse helpline service across the whole of Surrey.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Your Sanctuary
£14,983 25/07/2018
12
Your Sanctuary will pilot an outreach project where trained volunteers will provide emotional and practical support to women affected by domestic abuse to support their move forward, extending the ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Womens' Freedom and Recovery Programme
£4,050 05/06/2018
12
Freedom and Recovery Programme to support women move on from domestic abuse and rebuild their lives
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 05/03/2018
Helpline Service Development
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to YourSanctuary
£10,000 07/09/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support and services to women affected by domestic violence in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Childrens Support Worker in Refuge
£10,000 21/08/2017
11
Children’s Support Worker (CSW) for a refuge over the period of a year.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Freedom and Recovery Programme
£2,650 14/07/2016
11
Freedom and Recovery Programme to support women move on from domestic abuse and rebuild their lives
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Your Sanctuary
£30,000 29/05/2014
The charity provides support for victims of domestic abuse. The funding will support their outreach service and enable them to support service users in the community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Your Sanctuary
£10,000 13/03/2014
towards one year's running costs of a project providing emotional and practical support to people experiencing domestic abuse in Surrey
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-70
  • SANDREA MORGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Customer Experience Manager
  • SUSAN ROSE (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Associate Professor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2010, number: 1137057
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/05/2010, number: 07257302
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR14: 1 days late,
Main office

Your Sanctuary
15a Monument Way East
WOKING
GU21 5LY

Objectives

3. THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM, OR WHO ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, HOUSING AND/OR OTHER SERVICES, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.4. IN CARRYING OUT ITS OBJECTS, THE COMPANY SHALL PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND OPPOSE ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY OR RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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