Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +7

KYRA - WOMEN'S PROJECT 

To provide a safe, non-judgemental environment for womenTo promote equality and inclusionTo address social isolation and develop sustainable support networks for womenTo improve well-being outcomes for children and familiesTo develop partnerships with statutory, voluntary and private sector services to meet the needs of women and the community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 10 years

kyra.org.uk

contact@kyra.org.uk

01904632332

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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
30/09/22£275£260£15n/an/an/an/an/a45
30/09/21£277£235£42n/an/an/an/an/a24
30/09/20£190£167£23n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/09/19*£140£121£19n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/09/18£119£107£12£0£0£0n/a059
30/09/17£86£65£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£53£39£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£42£29£13£0£0£0n/a00
26/09/14£24£17£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 45 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire,

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£342,063
DCMS£39,691
Two Ridings Community Foundation£33,609
Rank Foundation£24,453
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust£9,172
Charles Hayward Foundation£6,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant Kyra Women's Project 2023 - Full
£4,453 27/04/2023
Kyra Women's Project received a Cost of Living Grant to help cover the increasing cost of rent.
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - Your Money, Your Life
£4,222 10/05/2022
Partnership project with Peasholme Charity, whereby a Peasholme worker will come to Kyra twice a month to deliver their service on a 1:1 basis to increase women’s personal financial capability ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Counselling at Kyra
£4,800 27/04/2022
Funding to provide counselling sessions for women, it will pay for 80 sessions per week over a 35 week period, with a minimum of 6 sessions per individual.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Life & Legacy
£3,170 28/03/2022
Funding to create a communal frieze showing the lives of the monarch and the women at Kyra, to be unveiled at a Kyra Jubilee celebration day.
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS KYRA WOMEN'S PROJECT 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to Kyra Women's Project, an organisation providing a range of support services for women around, trauma and recovery from abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kyra Ambassador Programme
£9,900 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to create a network of trained ambassadors within workplaces who will support women to access the assistance the organisation provides for those experiencing life challenges. ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Kyra Women's Project
£9,480 20/10/2021
Funding to look at how support and services for women can be better improved and more a more holistic approach that empowers women.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 15/10/2021
Kyra Women's Project
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Kyra Women's Project
£4,179 16/08/2021
Funding to employ a volunteer support worker. The organistion has seen a dramatic increase in need for support but also the number of people wanting to volunteer. This upcoming year the organisation ....more
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - ROSE Project (Reaching Out, Supporting, and Empowering)
£4,950 16/02/2021
Delivery of the ROSE Project (Reaching Out, Supporting, and Empowering), helping young women (aged 18-26) to build social networks, improve their health & wellbeing and build skills & ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Route To Recovery (R2R)
£322,339 11/12/2020
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The funding will help develop their Route to Recovery (R2R) project for women who have or will be living with domestic abuse (violent emotional financial and sexual abuse) and/or mental health issues.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,691 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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Kyra Women's Project
£6,500 18/09/2020
Salary of a Coordinator to deliver and develop support for women involved in the criminal justice system
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000 20/05/2020
Kyra support womens mental and physical health in York. Funding will pay for crisis counselling sessions via telephone/skype/zoom for at least 15 women in need of urgent support. Lockdown has seen a ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£1,980 25/03/2020
Funding to enable the organisation to adapt their services and continue to support vulnerable members through telephone calls and home deliveries where necessary and to continue to provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SWIRL - Supporting Women In Rural Locations
£9,824 10/01/2020
11
The funding will be used to deliver an intervention project supporting women in the local community. The project aims to provide practical support and address a range of social and health problems ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Admin officer for services to help vulnerable women
£1,000 15/11/2019
Towards the costs of a part-time administrative officer for services to help vulnerable women.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Kyra Extending Reach
£5,175 31/01/2019
An outreach project to try and build upon previous outreach work and engage new members
National Lottery Community Fund - Kyra Steps Up
£8,850 20/09/2018
12
The group will engage external expert consultancy in developing their services and ensuring sustainability. The project aims to prepare the group for the future and build capacity, ensuring their ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Kyra Steps Up
£5,000 12/09/2018
Funding to support consultancy costs, volunteer and office stationery costs of a project for vulnerable women.
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£13,000 01/12/2017
To cover 25% of the annual cost of rent and to meet the salary costs of a part-time fundraiser. The aim is to achieve stability and future sustainability of services to support 300 women on an annual ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Kyra Reaching Out
£9,594 05/09/2017
Reaching Out Project': outreach project to try and engage new members
National Lottery Community Fund - Nurture Programme - supporting women's wellbeing
£7,860 12/07/2017
12
The group will deliver a range of wellbeing activities including mindfulness, yoga and cookery sessions for the benefit of vulnerable, isolated women. This will engage local women in positive ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2013, number: 1154290
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 08707011
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR19: 27 days late,
Main office

Central Methodist Church
St. Saviourgate
York
YO1 8NQ

Objectives

THE FURTHERANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES(CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW)FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT:(A)THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A CHARITABLE NEED IN PARTICULAR WOMEN IN FINANCIAL NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS,(B)THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH IN WOMEN,(C)THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION OF WOMEN BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED(BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:UNEMPLOYMENT;FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;YOUTH OR OLD AGE;ILL HEALTH(PHYSICAL OR MENTAL);SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS;DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX,RACE,DISABILITY,ETHNIC ORIGIN,RELIGION,ELIEF,CREED,SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT;POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT;RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN;POOR HOUSING(THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS;CRIME(EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)SO THEY CAN PLAY A FULLER PART IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE,(D)THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES(CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW)AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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