Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 13

ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE LTD

Support & advocacy for families by provision of information & providing advocates throughout the criminal justice process & statutory reviews arising as a resulting of domestic abuseWorking with organisations to improve guidelines, processes & practises. Provides education & training in all aspects of Domestic Homicide Reviews, preventing domestic abuse & working with those bereaved by homicide.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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
There are only 4 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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		£968	£864	£103	£30	£434	£309	4.3	21	6
05/04/22		£706	£638	£69	£25	£202	£202	3.8	13	2
05/04/21	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/20	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 71%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 5 years
(9 years as a company)

www.aafda.org.uk

info@aafda.org.uk

07768386922

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

21 employees
6 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

John Ellerman Foundation	£120,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£11,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,964

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA)
£11,000	30/01/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
John Ellerman Foundation - CEO and Deputy CEO Salary and core costs
£120,000	27/01/2022 36	Towards the costs of delivering national improvements to systems, policies and practices responding to victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse and people bereaved by fatal domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Hear Our Voice - Family Peer Support Project
£9,964	06/08/2021	The organisation will use the funding to develop their online peer support programme offering additional peer mentoring sessions that supports families bereaved by fatal domestic abuse alongside ....more The organisation will use the funding to develop their online peer support programme offering additional peer mentoring sessions that supports families bereaved by fatal domestic abuse alongside emotional and practical support and resources.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-63

JOHN LENIHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JULIA DROWN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

REKHA CHAWALA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Business Partner

JAMES DAVID NEIL O'SULLIVAN (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2019, number: 1185078
Registered at Companies House on 07/04/2015, number: 09527065

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR21: 170 days late, AR20: 9 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE on 05/08/2022

Main office

PO BOX 3636
SWINDON
SN3 9BG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT, TRAUMA OR LOSS, WHETHER ARISING FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE OR OTHERWISE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT, BEFRIENDING AND ADVOCACY;4.2 TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE LIFE BY:4.2.1 ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN ISSUES RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE INCLUDING ITS NATURE, IMPACT, CAUSES, REMEDIES AND PREVENTION; AND4.2.2 ADVISING AND ASSISTING PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOMICIDE REVIEWS AND INQUIRIES INTO VIOLENT AND UNEXPECTED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES AND OTHER ABUSE.4.3 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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