Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

WYCOMBE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED 

Wycombe Women's Aid provides independent, specialist services to women and children experiencing the effects of domestic violence.We provide safe, temporary and emergency accommodation as well as practical and emotional support within the refuge and through outreach in the local community.Our services are underpinned by an equal opportunities approach & shaped by a feminist, trauma informed ethos.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age
Established: 36 years

www.wycombewomensaid.org.uk

enquiries@wycombewomensaid.org.uk

01494461367

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£652£634£18£0£321£2685.1150
31/03/22£600£648£-48£0£303£2414.5140
31/03/21£745£636£109£0£352£2845.4150
31/03/20£613£646£-33£0£243£2224.1161
31/03/19£611£587£24£0£276£2194.5161
31/03/18£577£551£26£0£252£2094.5150
31/03/17£546£597£-51£0£226£2054.1150
31/03/16£554£633£-79£0£256£2454.6150
31/03/15£576£568£8£12£335£3357.1150
31/03/14£547£467£79£4£327£3278.4120
31/03/13£474£430£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£428£385£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£416£398£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£390£357£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£346£326£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£319£307£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£295£323£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£297£311£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£304£275£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£284£259£25£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: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 15 employees

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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£82,906
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
DCMS£51,453
Charles Hayward Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Wycombe Women's Aid Ltd
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Women's Aid Ltd
£50,000 30/03/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Wycombe Women's Aid Ltd
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Women's Aid
£10,000 30/03/2022
Counselling service for women experiencing or recovering from domestic violence
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£25,246 16/09/2020
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
£25,246 16/09/2020
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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 09/09/2020
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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£16,207 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
£16,207 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£41,453 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Women's Aid Ltd
£72,536 18/10/2018
36
Wycombe Women's Aid is seeking funding for an additional Outreach Worker providing direct support to women experiencing or who have experienced domestic violence living in High Wycombe, Chiltern and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Women's Aid
£8,900 30/06/2017
redecoration of rooms for a charity which works with domestic and sexual abuse survivors in Buckinghamshire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wycombe Women's Aid Limited
£86,200 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' salary costs of a Counsellor at a project in Buckinghamshire that provides counselling to women who are experiencing violence in their home or who are recovering from the effects ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/1988, number: 299946
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/1988, number: 02245478
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 1477
High Wycombe
HP11 9HP

Objectives

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SEXUAL OR FINANCIAL VIOLENCE WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR FAMILY TYPE RELATIONSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WYCOMBE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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