Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 5

LUTON WOMEN'S AID

Provides support, information and temporary accommodation for women with or without children suffering domestic abuse.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£301	£182	£118	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£457	£408	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£682	£608	£73	£0	£609	£588	11.6	15	4
31/03/20		£459	£535	£-76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19		£495	£640	£-145	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£575	£488	£87	£0	£756	£756	18.6	14	0
31/03/17	*	£515	£488	£27	£0	£668	£654	16.1	16	0
31/03/16	*	£519	£442	£76	£0	£642	£619	16.8	13	0
31/03/15	*	£423	£418	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£390	£423	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£375	£467	£-91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£404	£422	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£370	£357	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£390	£346	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£340	£335	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£561	£281	£280	£4	£689	£689	29.4	11	0
31/03/07		£316	£264	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?		£440	£330	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£247	£225	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 49%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Established: 50 years

www.womensaidinluton.org

info@womensaidinluton.org

01582876636

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

BBC Children in Need	£98,873
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£72,680
DCMS	£52,696
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£32,347
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£22,676
Rank Foundation	£11,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant WAiL 2023 - Part Award
£11,000	27/04/2023	Wail received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Luton Women's Aid
£98,873	10/08/2021	This project will deliver support work activities for children and young people living in refuges. Support will increase safety, emotional wellbeing and confidence and self esteem.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£20,349	03/12/2020	The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Luton Women's Aid
£8,000	23/07/2020	Grant to Luton Women's Aid meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£32,347	05/06/2020	Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£32,347	05/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Women's Aid In Luton
£72,680	30/01/2020 11	Domestic Violence - Helpline/Outreach/Children's Work
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Luton Women's Aid
£14,676	20/11/2019 12	To provide backfill for the CEO and consultancy support to develop fundraising sills, stronger governance and improved financial reporting

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

ANOSHE WAHEED Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON,

LAURA JOPSON Appointed: 2023

PERPETUAL CHAGONDA Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON,

TAHERA AANCHAWAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST, WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON,

ANNE WHALLEY Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON,

DIONNE NELSON Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON,

SIOBHAN MORTON Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1974, number: 268265

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
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

19 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 4 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late,

Main office

32-42 Duke Street
LUTON
LU2 0HH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN GREATLY OF PERSISTENTLY MALTREATED, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, FINANCIALLY OR SEXUALLY BY THEIR PARTNERS, FAMILY MEMBERS OR BY THE FATHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN AND ANY CHILDREN OF SUCH WOMEN PROVIDED THAT SUCH WOMEN ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

LUTON

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