Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WOMEN'S COMMUNITY MATTERS 

One-stop shop for women specific services. Support for girls and boys aged 11-25 years.Appointments for practical & emotion supportCourses to promote self-confidence, self-esteem & to improve life skillsSupport for women who have experienced the criminal justice system; with health & wellbeing; for victims/survivors of domestic violence/abuseActivities to promote social inclusion
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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£1,239£1,585£-345£0£894£1501.13587
31/03/22£1,608£1,388£220£0£1,239£1471.33346
31/03/21£1,724£947£777£0£1,019£1081.42217
31/03/20£556£456£99£0£242£882.31776
31/03/19£435£400£35n/an/an/an/an/a72
31/03/18£307£298£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£248£221£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£126£126£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£160£88£72£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: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 17%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 155.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 10 years

www.womenscommunitymatters.org

reception@womenscommunitymatters.org

01229311102

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 87 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
Lankelly Chase Foundation£368,573
Henry Smith Charity£345,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£188,644
Ministry of Justice£160,000
National Lottery Community Fund£100,000
Tudor Trust£90,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Barrow Women's Community Matters
£2,445 21/10/2023
We wish to deliver a comprehensive support programme developed for young people aged 12+ in the Barrow and wider Furness area: Pause for Thought for young women and Time for Thought for young men.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Women's Community Matters (WCM)
£180,000 18/08/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing holistic services and support for women in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Women's Community Matters
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Cumbria Community Foundation - Household Support Fund
£20,000 06/01/2022
Household Support Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Community Matters
£100,000 18/08/2021
The project will use the funding to continue delivering their essential services to women and girls experiencing domestic violence following the completion of a previous grant. It will offer support ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£100,000 07/06/2021
Women's Community Matters
Tudor Trust - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£90,000 16/04/2021
36
over three years towards salaries and running costs for a project working with young victims of exploitation and trafficking in Barrow in Furness
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Core Costs Funding
£100,000 01/04/2021
To support organisations which are developing a whole systems approach to female offenders across the country.
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS 2021 Donor Directed - participatory budgeting
£500 11/03/2021
HS 2021 Donor Directed - participatory budgeting
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Funding
£60,000 21/01/2021
The womens community sector grants scheme offers £2.5 million in funding for core costs to promote greater financial stability throughout the sector.
Cumbria Community Foundation - #thefutureisme
£5,000 16/12/2020
#thefutureisme
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Women's Community Matters
£50,000 02/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Women's Community Matters, awarded under the Foundation's Domestic Abuse funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£30,000 22/11/2020
Women's Community Matters
Cumbria Community Foundation - Barrow District Community Local Resilience Forum
£83,064 19/11/2020
Barrow District Community Local Resilience Forum
Cumbria Community Foundation - IT and PPE costs
£2,500 05/11/2020
IT and PPE costs
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£118,573 13/08/2020
Women's Community Matters
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£20,000 08/07/2020
Women's Community Matters
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£100,000 24/06/2020
Women's Community Matters
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Women's Community Matters (WCM)
£165,000 10/06/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a women's centre providing holistic and wraparound services and activities for women in need of practical and emotional support in Barrow in Furness
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, food, fuel, phone and IT costs
£74,580 29/04/2020
3
Staff, food, fuel, phone and IT costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - 3 laptops and a think pad
£3,000 01/04/2020
6
3 laptops and a think pad
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£127,383 15/04/2019
24
Part of a wider proposal to come together under a 'Barrow Hub' and use the next 24 months to explore some key questions.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£5,137 19/11/2018
We want to refurbish our Community Room to enable us to host family events, activities, café style events and conferences for the community.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Two part-time Project Assistants for #ican
£7,862 07/11/2018
Two part-time Project Assistants
Cumbria Community Foundation - #ibelieveyou
£12,000 11/10/2018
#ibelieveyou
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£734,000 22/03/2016
60
The one-stop shop for women specific services will offer a range of support covering a range of areas including employability, healthy relationships, personal safety, information education and one to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Women's Community Matters
£60,000 27/03/2014
36
over three years towards the manager's salary at a new centre supporting women involved or at risk of involvement with criminal justice in Barrow-in-Furness
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/2014, number: 1156492
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Nan Tait Centre
Abbey Road
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 1LG

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE,PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF VULNERABLE WOMEN.2.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN,INCLUDING(BUT NOT LIMITED TO)WITHIN THE AREAS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE,ADDICTION,DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,FINANCIAL POVERTY AND POVERTY OF OPPORTUNITY.3.TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE SICKNESS,DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN WOMEN IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT(WHETHER EMOTIONAL,MENTAL OR PHYSICAL).4.THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY(OR EXAMPLE):(A)THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE,GENDER,DISABILITY,SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;B)ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C)PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(D)CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(E)CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.5.TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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