Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +5

    DUNDEE WOMEN'S AID COMPANY LIMITED 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Established: 34 years
    Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    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 £1,107,934 £874,990 £959,915 £1,088,898 £1,782,997
    Donations & Legacies £24,897 £22,550 £22,087 £63,295
    Other Income £5,301 £3,295 £8,683 £4,734 £8,271
    Investment Income £84 £2,849 £2,583 £2,114 £3,495
    Total income £1,138,216 £903,684 £993,268 £1,159,041 £1,463,787 £1,997,224
    Charitable activities spending £906,272 £912,087 £974,923 £1,197,957 £1,814,576
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £906,272 £912,087 £974,923 £1,197,957 £1,284,561 £1,814,576
    Surplus/deficit £231,944 -£8,403 £18,345 -£38,916 £179,226 £182,648
    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: Dundee City

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Dundee Women's Aid Company
    £75,000 25/06/2020
    purchase and equip a property for a charity that works with Domestic and sexual abuse in Dundee
    Robertson Trust - The Domestic Abuse Prevention Project
    £28,000 26/06/2019
    The Domestic Abuse Prevention Project
    National Lottery Community Fund - NICE Project (Nurtured/Enhanced/Complemented and Enhanced)
    £139,784 28/02/2017
    35
    This group will use the funding to expand their current services and establish additional support programmes for women who have or are experiencing domestic abuse. Service Users who have completed an ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Directors (5)
    Current Directors appointed

    Age Range of Directors: 50-82
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/05/1990, number: SC006691
    • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/1990, number: SC124795
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    47 Blinshall Street, Dundee, DD1 5DF

    Objectives

    The company's objects are: a) The provision of public benefit through the relief of women, children and young people who have experienced or an in fear of domestic abuse by: (i) the provision of temporary refuge accommodation. (ii) providing support and information on access to other services. (iii) providing structured supportive opportunities to allow these women, children and young people to make choices for their future. (iv) liaising with other services, including the police, and advocating for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse within legal and other protection services. b) The advancement of education by: (i) raising awareness of the effects of domestic abuse with the public and with young people in particular. (ii) providing opportunities for women, children and young people to shape the development of services, policy and practice. c) The promotion of equality and diversity by upholding and promoting the rights of all women, children and young people regardless of ethnicity, religion or cultural background, who have experienced domestic abuse in the belief that violence against women, is symptomatic of wider structural inequalities in society, and thus mainly perpetrated by men.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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