Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

WORTHING WOMEN'S AID 

The provision of safe accommodation and advocacy to women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.The facilitation of peer support groups to women who have or are experiencing domestic abuse. The delivery of healthy relationship educational programmes into both primary & secondary schools.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 21 years

www.safeinsussex.org

info@safeinsussex.org.uk

03303337416

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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£952£860£92£59£1,400£1,20516.8287
31/03/22£938£840£97£81£1,309£1,15316.5359
31/03/21£997£850£147£28£1,211£97013.73914
31/03/20£934£776£159£34£1,064£87213.53810
31/03/19£762£673£88£34£906£76913.7317
31/03/18£876£635£241£34£817£74814.1240
31/03/17£414£417£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£450£366£84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£369£336£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£301£260£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£292£258£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£350£278£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£455£255£200£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£199£204£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£230£235£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£194£197£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£204£182£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£192£170£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£173£178£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 16.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 28 employees
  • 7 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,

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£155,377
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£93,881
National Lottery Community Fund£15,832
Co-Operative Group£11,995
Lloyds Bank Foundation£11,595
Sussex Community Foundation£9,952
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Safe in Sussex
£1,676 21/10/2023
We aim to provide holistic wellbeing activities for women who access our refuges and help improve mental wellbeing following the trauma of domestic abuse.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Safe in Sussex
£9,952 11/11/2022
Funding was provided to cover a year's salary for a Children and Young People's Group Facilitator.
National Lottery Community Fund - Website accessibility to support victims of domestic abuse
£5,832 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to implement a tool on the organisation’s website. The project aims to ensure they can support even more people through having a more interactive website.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Women's Aid Worthing t/a Safe in Sussex
£100,099 03/02/2022
This project will provide 1-2-1 and group support to children and young people affected by situations of domestic abuse. Children and young people will improve their ability to keep safe, increase ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Safe in Sussex
£2,731 24/10/2020
We aim to provide activities which help women and children gain confidence, self-esteem and recover from the trauma of domestic abuse.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£41,966 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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Women's Aid Worthing t/a Safe in Sussex
£55,278 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will provide support sessions to children and young people affected by domestic abuse, whose issues have heightened due to COVID-19. Young people will know how to keep ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Worthing Women's Aid
£11,595 23/07/2020
Grant to Worthing 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
£51,915 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Computers to help rebuild the lives of victims of domestic abuse.
£10,000 26/02/2020
12
The funding will be used to improve the facilities available to women and children who have survived domestic abuse. The project aims to provide a safe, comfortable and secure environment for ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Safe in Sussex
£7,587 15/11/2019
We want to replace the old furniture in our refuges for women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£8,700 01/01/2019
Women will report an increase in their confidence and self-esteem through attendance of the Emotional Resilience and Recovery Programme. Women will have positive coping strategies and are able to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Safe in Sussex
£8,700 06/12/2018
1
Funding was provided to develop a bespoke Emotional Resilience and Recovery Programme specifically designed for women in refuge accommodation.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Worthing Women's Aid
£75,000 18/10/2018
36
The funding will support the salary of the Refuges Manager who is responsible for overseeing the three refuges across West Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Worthing Women's Aid
£4,904 16/03/2018
12
Safe in Sussex provide refuge provision to women and their children fleeing domestic abuse enabling them to recover and live free from abuse. In the community they provide peer support programmes to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Intervention domestic abuse awareness, education and support
£350,929 29/11/2017
36
This group will use the funding to develop a project which provides community programmes for women and children affected by domestic violence. The project provides a series of programmes for women ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspiring Families an innovative assessment and intervention programme
£8,000 02/08/2017
12
This project will provide training for staff to run a programme for families who experience domestic abuse and wish to stay together.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Safe in Sussex
£20,000 08/06/2017
24
towards two years' running costs of a refuge and drop-in centre in West Sussex for women affected by domestic abuse in West Sussex
Tudor Trust - Grant to Worthing Women's Aid t/a Safe in Sussex
£90,000 02/11/2016
36
over three years towards the salary of a refuge worker and other costs at a new crisis centre in Littlehampton using the 'Orange House' model
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Worthing Women's Aid
£50,000 17/03/2016
24
The grant will support a contribution towards the salary of the full time Refuges Manager. The role will be responsible for overseeing management of their current refuges as well as the delivery of a ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Worthing Women's Aid
£10,000 11/09/2014
towards one year's salary of a Refuge Worker at an organisation providing support and accommodation for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence in West Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Worthing Women's Aid - refuge and intervention project
£353,902 31/05/2013
48
This continuation project by Worthing Women's Aid (WWA) is to provide an intervention programme for women, children and young people who have suffered or are still suffering from domestic violence. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-62
  • LIZ HALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Chair
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2003, number: 1098726
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/2003, number: 04691516
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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; AR05: 102 days late, AR04: 467 days late,
Main office

Rear of
1-7 Elm Park
Ferring
Worthing
West Sussex

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF PEOPLE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE OR COERCIVE CONTROL, BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

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