Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +12

SOLACE WOMEN'S AID 

THE PROMOTION OF THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC, SEXUAL AND ASSOCIATED ABUSE, IN PARTICULAR WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 24 years
(26 years as a company)

www.solacewomensaid.org

info@solacewomensaid.org

02076191350

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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£15,156£15,257£-102£393£2,001£2,0011.628080
31/03/22£16,361£16,927£-566£291£2,103£2,1031.529780
31/03/21£16,266£15,592£674£252£2,669£2,6692.126670
31/03/20£11,587£11,627£-40£183£1,995£1,9952.1231100
31/03/19£9,595£9,507£89£106£2,035£2,0352.6187195
31/03/18£8,605£8,523£83£110£1,946£1,9462.71620
31/03/17£7,792£7,764£27£133£1,864£1,8642.91520
31/03/16£6,955£6,977£-22£124£1,836£1,8363.21410
31/03/15£6,776£6,729£48£71£1,858£1,8583.31140
31/03/14£6,536£6,486£50£74£1,811£1,7443.21020
31/03/13£5,094£5,026£68£69£1,760£1,6193.91040
31/03/12£4,772£4,816£-45£50£1,576£1,3843.41010
31/03/11£4,096£3,925£171£53£1,500£1,2753.9930
31/03/10£3,813£3,679£135£39£1,329£1,1203.7900
31/03/09£3,367£3,103£264£35£1,194£8893.4850
31/03/08£3,041£2,954£86£48£930£6292.6840
31/03/07*£1,402£1,279£122£36£499£2392.2250
31/03/06*£1,014£994£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£586£609£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£537£533£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 59%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 280 employees
  • 80 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime£2,299,209
Greater London Authority£1,045,802
DCMS£413,313
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£411,534
City Bridge Trust£238,465
Trust for London£160,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£6,000 19/09/2023
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2024
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£10,000 19/09/2023
Catalyst Funding for 2024-25
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£238,465 26/04/2023
£238,465 over three years (£77,172; £79,488; £81,805) towards the salary of an Immigration Service Manager and associated running costs of the immigration service.
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£200,000 13/03/2023
Allocation of Ministry of Justice IDVA funding for FY 2023/24
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£2,500 07/12/2022
Principal Grant - cost of living uplift. Related grant: 360G-Cloudesley-H8119
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£2,000 17/10/2022
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£1,462,900 11/10/2022
North London Rape Crisis Centre (FY 2022-23 to 2024-25 Funding Allocation). Linked to MOPAC 657
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£6,000 27/09/2022
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£1,250 27/09/2022
Principal Grant - cost of living uplift. Related grant: 360G-Cloudesley-H8119
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£258,448 02/08/2022
Youth Violence Intervention Youth IDVA to support young victims in MTCs (modification to MOPAC 682)
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£347,861 30/05/2022
Ascent Advice Plus Project DA Hub and Spoke Partnership (6 month extension FY 2022/23))
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£30,000 27/05/2022
Emergency Accommodation (4th Variation to MOPAC 221) First variation MOPAC 305, second variation MOPAC 509, third variation MOPAC 541
Greater London Authority - Continuation Grant
£226,490 01/04/2022
Move on support (4 staff and budget) 
Greater London Authority - Continuation Grant
£819,312 01/04/2022
Multi-borough complex needs service (58 women)3 
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£53,400 31/03/2022
Community Safety grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Domestic abuse counselling
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£30,000 22/02/2022
PGF Round 1 Extension Funding - Towards the counselling service for survivors of sexual violence 1 July 22 - 30 June 24
Walcot Foundation - Changing lives of children in Lambeth refuges
£24,968 16/11/2021
Solace is a large domestic abuse services provider in London. It is commissioned by Lambeth Council to run two domestic violence refuges in Lambeth. This proposal is to provide continuation funding ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£5,000 21/09/2021
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2022 - Awarded Sep 2021
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£10,000 21/09/2021
Catalyst Funding for 2022 and 2023
The Childhood Trust - One year on: Covid-19 & young people
£5,000 22/06/2021
During the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic abuse has increased. Young people?s mental wellbeing has been significantly impacted. 1 year on from the start of the pandemic, we need urgent funding to help ....more
DCMS - Solace Women's Aid 20/21
£235,668 01/12/2020
This project aims to ensure that all women have access to the support they need in the spaces most appropriate for them. It will provide joined-up partnership support with the aim of empowering all ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£65,000 14/10/2020
A grant to support child in refuges in Bexley who have witnessed or experienced domestic abuse.
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£8,000 22/09/2020
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2021 - Awarded Sep 2020
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£117,672 06/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Childhood Trust - Supporting Children to #StaySafeAtHome
£5,000 03/07/2020
This pandemic will cause a rise in children, and mothers, who flee their homes after experiencing extreme abuse. Solace need funding to make sure all the children forced to leave their homes are ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£205,767 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
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£53,400 01/04/2020
Community Safety grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Domestic abuse counselling
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£205,767 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
DCMS - Visible Women: Inclusive practice for older women
£39,982 14/02/2020
Older women who experience violence and abuse often do not disclose or seek help. When incidents are reported, they are not always handled effectively by trusted professionals as they lack knowledge ....more
DCMS - Visible Women: Inclusive practice for older women
£19,991 14/02/2020
Older women who experience violence and abuse often do not disclose or seek help. When incidents are reported, they are not always handled effectively by trusted professionals as they lack knowledge ....more
Comic Relief - Visible Women: Inclusive practice for older women
£39,982 21/01/2020
12
Solace continue to provide clear insights into why older women with more complex needs do not access services or disclose abuse, & improvements in knowledge & understanding needed in both ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£8,000 24/09/2019
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant Awarded Sep 2019
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£5,000 24/09/2019
Catalyst Funding 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£5,000 24/09/2019
Catalyst Funding 2021
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£136,866 26/06/2019
36
Art and dramatherapy for young people who have experienced domestic abuse and display a range of behavioural issues. Young people will benefit through improved emotional health and understanding of ....more
Trust for London - Solace Women’s Aid
£160,000 05/06/2019
36
The funding is for the salary and on-costs of Solace's qualified immigration solicitor. It will enable Solace to continue and expand its successful Immigration Legal Advice Service, funded by the ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£45,000 05/06/2019
Support service to survivors of childhood and adult sexual violence
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£4,000 21/05/2019
Cloudesley Partners top-up funding for June to December 2019
DCMS - Visible Women: Inclusive practice for older women
£69,864 14/02/2019
Older women who experience violence and abuse often do not disclose or seek help. When incidents are reported, they are not always handled effectively by trusted professionals as they lack knowledge ....more
DCMS - Visible Women: Inclusive practice for older women
£23,288 14/02/2019
Older women who experience violence and abuse often do not disclose or seek help. When incidents are reported, they are not always handled effectively by trusted professionals as they lack knowledge ....more
Comic Relief - Visible Women: Inclusive practice for older women
£69,864 09/01/2019
12
Older women who experience violence and abuse often do not disclose or seek help. When incidents are reported, they are not always handled effectively by trusted professionals as they lack knowledge ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£5,000 04/12/2018
423,000 children in London have experienced domestic abuse. No matter what a child has experienced, every child deserves a safe places to call home, food to eat, friendships to grow and positive ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£4,000 19/09/2018
Interim Welfare Grant (awarded Sep 2018)
Ministry of Justice - Female Rape Support Fund (Child Sexual Abuse Support Funding)
£28,000 01/04/2018
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Female Rape Support Fund
£78,285 01/04/2018
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
The Childhood Trust - Playing the Way to Recovery
£5,000 05/12/2017
This project will provide Play Work for children who live in Solace’s refuges after witnessing domestic abuse. It will help children engage with others in a positive environment, breaking ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£4,358 19/09/2017
Cloudesley Partner Grant (awarded Sep 2017)
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£5,000 19/09/2017
Catalyst Funding 2019
Trust for London - Solace Women’s Aid
£35,000 07/06/2017
24
The funding is to support Solace Womens Aid who submitted a partnership bid to the VAWG Transformation Fund to deliver a new service model for women experiencing domestic/sexual abuse who have not ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Homeless Help South London
£10,000 07/06/2017
12
This project will use funding to create emergency support packages for survivors of domestic abuse who are homeless and require urgent support. This will support people with multiple and complex ....more
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£28,000 01/04/2017
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund
£74,228 01/04/2017
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence.
Trust for London - Solace Women’s Aid
£107,470 22/02/2017
24
The funding is towards the roll out and expand Solace successful Immigration Legal Advice Service in London. This will enable them to use learning to date, and their newly acquired OISC accreditation ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and Well Being of Families after Domestic Violence
£322,031 22/02/2017
36
This group will develop a project which aims to support women and children who are survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence. The project will support children and mothers/carers who are housed ....more
London Councils - Ascent Advice and Counselling
£5,700,952 15/02/2017
48
The project aims to provide support for women affected by DV/SV and prevent its escalation through individually tailored advice, support and therapeutic services to enable women to cope, recover and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Silver Project
£297,194 27/07/2016
60
This project aims to minimise the risk of abuse for women aged 55 plus who are survivors of domestic or sexual violence, many of whom are disabled or have mental health issues. Following an initial ....more
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund
£70,000 01/04/2016
12
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£28,000 01/04/2016
12
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI Stage 2
£681,263 22/03/2016
60
The project aims to create leadership amongst young women and girls to reduce the incidence of violence. The objective is to provide a service and work to achieve a cultural change. The beneficiaries ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£60,000 02/03/2016
Health and Well-being of Children and Young People after Domestic Violence
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£7,929 17/11/2015
Catalyst Funding (Awarded Nov 15)
Cloudesley - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£9,106 15/09/2015
Cloudesley Partner Grant (Awarded Sep 15)
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£98,200 13/05/2015
24
£98,200 over two years (£49,100 x 2) towards the salary and associated running costs of a full-time Children and Family Support Services Manager working with children and young people affected by ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Silver Project at Solace Women's Aid
£141,953 16/07/2013
36
This is a continuation and development of a pilot project to be delivered by Solace Women's Aid (SWA). The aim is to provide a support service to women in London over 55 who are affected by domestic ....more
London Councils - Ascent- Advice and Counselling
£5,391,284 20/02/2013
The project will work to meet the evidenced and varied needs of women and girls in London affected by sexual and domestic violence bringing a new and dynamic approach to early and crisis ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving the Health of Children and Young People Affected by Domestic Abus
£229,684 13/12/2012
36
Solace Women's Aid (SWA) aims to continue to minimise the negative impact of domestic violence on the lives of children and young people and help them to recover to lead healthier and more fulfilled ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solace Women's Aid
£43,000 13/06/2012
towards one year’s continuation funding of a Family Support Worker providing support services to children and their mothers living in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington who are fleeing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ICT Upgrade Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence
£10,000 28/10/2010
12
This is a project by a charity in Camden. The group will use funding to upgrade their current IT system so they can provide a more efficient service to users and reach a greater numbers of ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-61
  • DR AMY PRITCHARD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Associate Lecturer Of Mental Health
  • HANNAH CLARE CANE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Government Relations & Public Policy, Barclays Ban
  • KERRI HARTWELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Director: Secured Borrowing
  • MADELINE CHURCH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Strategy And Organisational Development
  • MEGHAN ROACH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Operations,
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2000, number: 1082450
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/05/1997, number: 03376716
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR07: 24 days late, AR06: 7 days late,
Main office

Moore Kingston Smith on behalf Solace Women's
9 Appold Street
LONDON
EC2A 2AP

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE RELIEF OF NEED BY THE PROMOTION OF THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC, SEXUAL AND ASSOCIATED ABUSE, IN PARTICULAR WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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