Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

VOICES 

VOICES provides a unique service based on survivor-led insights and expertise. Groups & individual support are available for victims of abuse. Where possible, support is offered to victims attending court or dealing with other agencies and services. VOICES liaises with other local DV services and also provides advocacy and training to professionals.
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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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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: 9 years

www.voicescharity.org

info@voicescharity.org

01225984189

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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
31/08/23£278£290£-13n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/08/22£364£252£112n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/08/21£231£219£12n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/20£195£130£64n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/08/19£117£107£10n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/08/18£114£79£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£68£52£17£0£0£0n/a00
01/09/16£23£26£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£42£23£19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • 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
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
National Lottery Community Fund£335,898
Quartet Community Foundation£30,792
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Rosa UK£24,000
DCMS£9,913
Co-Operative Group£5,019
Indigo Trust£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to VOICES
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Rosa UK - SWU-VOICES-2022
£24,000 27/10/2022
£24,000 has been awarded to Voices to develop a new business model for the organisation, and to strengthen VOICES’ policies and processes, particularly around HR.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to VOICES
£2,188 22/10/2022
We'd like to run indoor/outdoor wellbeing groups for domestic abuse survivors (inclusive of travel, refreshments and childcare costs) to enable women with children to attend.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 11/03/2022
Core Costs
Indigo Trust - Peer support/recovery programmes for women who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse
£2,000 19/01/2022
Core funding for Voices' work with women who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse
Quartet Community Foundation - Head of Services group recovery programmes delivery
£4,998 06/10/2021
7
Towards the costs of delivering VOICES' suite of domestic abuse recovery programmes to local victims and survivors in B&NES.
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic & Sexual Abuse Counselling
£9,928 30/09/2021
The funding will be used towards specialist counselling for women suffering complex trauma. The project aims to help domestic abuse survivors recover and meet an increased demand for their service.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to VOICES
£10,000 21/07/2021
12
Move to new premises within the next 12 months, including increased rental, legal advice and survey costs.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to VOICES
£1,000 20/07/2021
As requested by the donor towards the work of VOICES
Indigo Trust - Peer support/recovery programmes for women who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse
£2,000 04/12/2020
Peer support/recovery programmes for women who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse - unrestricted funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,913 07/08/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices core funding
£319,000 20/12/2019
60
This funding will provide stability over 5 years to a small grass roots domestic abuse organisation. It will cover a range of services and core costs, increase capacity and enable the organisation to ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Specialist sexual and domestic abuse counselling service
£9,928 19/12/2019
12
Specialist user-led counselling service for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse in Bath and North-East Somerset
Co-Operative Group - Grant to VOICES
£2,831 15/11/2019
We want to buy creative materials and sports equipment for our social group, supporting people recovering from domestic abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Freedom Programme Creche
£6,970 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of prevention and training activities for victims of domestic abuse and their children. The project aims to develop understanding and improve wellbeing.
Quartet Community Foundation - Specialist domestic & sexual abuse therapeutic support
£4,866 04/07/2019
11
Toward the annual costs of the group's domestic and sexual abuse counselling sessions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to VOICES
£74,095 18/10/2018
36
To fund specialist 1:1 support to complement group recovery programmes and peer-led support for women who have experienced domestic abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Specialist Counselling for Sexual and Domestic abuse
£9,928 20/04/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide counselling for women who have experienced domestic violence. The project aims to help encourage their sense of self-worth, and will give advice on services and ....more
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£20,150 01/05/2017
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Quartet Community Foundation - Freedom Programme
£3,240 27/04/2017
0
For creche facilities for the Freedom Programme, so that women with pre-school age children will be able to attend this programme, which is a crucial first step in moving away from domestic abuse.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2014, number: 1159445
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO BOX 5184
BATH
BA1 0RZ

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THOSE WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING ADVICE, SUPPORT, INTERVENTIONS AND RECOVERY PROGRAMMES;B) ASSISTING THEM TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS ENABLING THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS;C) ACTIVITIES TO RELIEVE THEIR MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND WHICH PROMOTE THEIR WELLBEING SUCH AS SUPPORT GROUPS AND NETWORKS; ANDD) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ASSISTING THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ISSUES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, INCLUDING CONDUCTING OR SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH ABUSE AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MITIGATE THEM AND THE PUBLISHING OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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