Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +7

WOMEN'S AID ORKNEY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £12,017 £11,038 £18,786 £24,809 £19,255
Donations & Legacies £239,666 £328,864 £337,152 £382,767
Other Income £7,859
Investment Income £31 £31 £31 £16 £119
Total income £259,573 £339,933 £355,969 £407,592 £386,126 £448,528
Charitable activities spending £203,716 £249,811 £274,225 £344,079 £377,374
Fundraising costs
Other spending £70,841 £84,432 £75,197 £61,510 £76,338
Total spending £274,557 £334,243 £349,422 £405,589 £396,919 £453,712
Surplus/deficit -£14,984 £5,690 £6,547 £2,003 -£10,793 -£5,184
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups
Purposes
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Orkney Islands

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
Foundation Scotland£45,000
Co-Operative Group£10,135
Scottish Government£4,650
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Women's Aid Orkney
£10,135 23/10/2021
We would like to redecorate our refuge flats and support rooms and make them into welcoming, safe spaces for women and children. We also aim to turn our garden into a social and beautiful space.
Foundation Scotland - Family Support Worker Project
£45,000 24/09/2021
to recruit a full time family worker to provide help and support to both women and children affected by domestic abuse using a trauma informed approach.
Scottish Government - Women's Aid Orkney
£2,650 06/08/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Women's Aid Orkney
£2,000 27/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Corra Foundation - PDI-17/416
£387,206 01/02/2018
for contribution to salaries and running costs for Family Support and Crisis Prevention
Robertson Trust - The Crisis Support and Prevention Service
£51,000 19/09/2017
The Crisis Support and Prevention Service

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 24-67
  • WEBER, Lesley
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Policy & Commissioning Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 31/03/2003, number: SC005241
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/2003, number: SC246914
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 6231, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 9BP

Objectives

The objects of which the Groups is established are to educate the public on the subject of domestic violence and abuse and to develop services to relieve the suffering due to domestic abuse, and in furtherance thereof:- a) To provide temporary refuge for women and their children (if any)where the women have suffered abuse (mental, physical or sexual) in their home or within a relationship with a partner or family. b) To offer support, information and help to any woman and their childres (if any) who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residence and also to offer support and information to any woman and children who have left temporary refuge. c) To encourage women to determine their own futures d) To work with housing agencies to encourage the provision of permanent housing for abused women and their children (if any)

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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