Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -1

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSIST

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF, OR IN FEAR OF, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND/OR ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE SEEKING PROTECTION ORDERS AND REFERRING TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES FOR RELEVANT ONGOING EMOTIONAL/FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23		£0	£11	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£10	£5	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£12	£23	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£49	£33	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£7	£7	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18	*	£6	£7	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 8 years

support@dvassist.org.uk

0800 195 8699

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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	£30,000
DCMS	£10,000
Forever Manchester	£9,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBTQ+ support
£10,000	19/08/2022	The funding will be used to deliver training sessions to support survivors of domestic violence and abuse within the homeless and LGBTQ+ communities. The project aims to improve knowledge and ....more The funding will be used to deliver training sessions to support survivors of domestic violence and abuse within the homeless and LGBTQ+ communities. The project aims to improve knowledge and understanding create stronger community awareness and strengthen support systems.
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic Violence Assist project
£10,000	04/06/2021	The funding will be used to support male and female victims of domestic abuse. The project aims to explore the types of abuse and controlling behaviours with a trained specialist in order to help ....more The funding will be used to support male and female victims of domestic abuse. The project aims to explore the types of abuse and controlling behaviours with a trained specialist in order to help recognise the abuse and build enough resilience to seek help if needed.
Forever Manchester - Domestic Violence Assist Training
£4,500	12/08/2020	Online support for domestic abuse survivors
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	11/08/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Forever Manchester - Dedicated phone line for victims of abuse
£5,000	19/06/2020	Domestic violence support line
National Lottery Community Fund - stronger awareness of domestic abuse and violence
£10,000	27/03/2020 12	The funding will be used to run training sessions for organisations to enable them to more clearly understand domestic and other forms of abuse from the perspective of the victim. The project will ....more The funding will be used to run training sessions for organisations to enable them to more clearly understand domestic and other forms of abuse from the perspective of the victim. The project will also support victims through a network of support, including building resilience through training on healthy relationships such as setting boundaries, communication and what trust looks like.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/10/2016, number: 1169645

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Investment
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

7 returns made; AR18: 24 days late,

Main office

PO Box 959
ALTRINCHAM
WA15 5RY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF, OR IN FEAR OF, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND/OR ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE SEEKING PROTECTION ORDERS.