Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

WEST CORNWALL WOMEN'S AID 

Refuge accommodation for women and children who have experienced domestic violence, provision of an outreach service for women affected by domestic violence, domestic violence helpline, counselling service, therapeutic group work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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 predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 20 years

www.wcwaid.co.uk

admin@wcwaid.co.uk

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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£770£726£44£5£727£54592826
31/03/22*£674£557£116£0£683£56212.12020
31/03/21£515£496£19£0£516£4059.81923
31/03/20£571£484£87£0£492£42710.61927
31/03/19£662£466£196£0£405£31281820
31/03/18£486£429£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£497£484£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£500£485£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£502£486£16£19£120£972.4120
31/03/14£445£482£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£448£457£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£436£448£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£466£445£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£432£416£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£432£416£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£438£414£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£400£341£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£352£354£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£317£363£-46£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 5.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 28 employees
  • 26 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund£433,493
BBC Children in Need£124,608
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Masonic Trust£54,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
DCMS£8,383
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£54,000 18/05/2023
Support services for children and young people in West Cornwall who have experienced domestic abuse
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to West Cornwall Womens Aid
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
BBC Children in Need - Grant to West Cornwall Women's Aid
£23,100 02/09/2022
This grant will empower children and young people from West Cornwall Women's Aid to deliver Social Action in their community.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Cornwall Womens Aid
£50,000 16/06/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of West Cornwall Womens Aid
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 04/04/2022
West Cornwall Women's Aid
National Lottery Community Fund - Connections Volunteering project
£9,962 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to train and support women to volunteer to help support women who have fled domestic abuse and or sexual violence. The project aims to develop their skills confidence ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - West Cornwall Women’s Aid Life Chances
£400,609 26/02/2021
60
The organisation will be used to to develop and expand its support to women and families who have suffered from or who are at risk of Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence. This will include a telephone ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to West Cornwall Women's Aid
£98,008 21/12/2020
This project provides support and activities for children and young people living in a refuge. The children will gain confidence, build resilience and learn how to develop healthy relationships.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,883 03/07/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to West Cornwall Women's Aid
£3,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will provide outdoor equipment and computers for children living in a refuge who are isolated at home due to Covid-19 and it will reduce social isolation.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,500 02/06/2020
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
National Lottery Community Fund - West Cornwall Women’s Aid Community Services Project Covid-19
£22,922 15/05/2020
12
The funding will enable the project to keep providing vital services during Covid-19 to women and families in West Cornwall whose lives have been affected by domestic abuse and to women who have ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 13/03/2020
Community Services Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Completely new CCTV system
£10,000 14/09/2018
12
The funding will be used to install security equipment in the community building. The project aims to improve levels of safety for visitors and residents in the women's refuge.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Cornwall Womens Aid
£75,000 22/03/2018
36
To fund the charity's volunteer programme which support volunteers into counselling, refuge, helpline and outreach roles.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Invest grant to West Cornwall Womens Aid
£25,000 22/03/2018
12
Continutation grant over one year to West Cornwall Womens Aid under the Invest funding programme
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Cornwall Womens Aid
£50,000 10/06/2015
24
The charity supports abused women and children across west Cornwall. It seeks support for a support co-ordinator. That team provides outreach help, home visits and a range of group activities. These ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - West Cornwall Women's Aid Community Development Project
£500,000 23/02/2015
59
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - West Cornwall Women's Aid - Volunteer Programme
£269,142 12/07/2012
60
Project providing direct support to women and families fleeing domestic abuse/sexual violence, living in refuge or in abusive relationships/households. A specifically trained volunteer workforce will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - West Cornwall Womens Aid - Community Services Development Project
£397,326 13/04/2010
72
This expansion of an existing project will provide a helpline, outreach service and counselling for women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse and historic child abuse. New aspects will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 33-59
  • CAT ALLINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Development Manager
  • ELLEN RUDGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications Officer
  • GEMMA POPLE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Operations Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/10/2003, number: 1100329
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/03/2003, number: 04694786
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
19 returns made; AR22: 111 days late, AR07: 29 days late,
Main office

PO BOX 94
PENZANCE
CORNWALL
TR18 2XP

Objectives

3. The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are:1. to provide for the relief of poverty, distress and suffering experienced by women or children who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence irrespective of race, culture, sexual orientation or ability, in particular but not exclusively by:a) providing short term refuge accommodation to women and their children whose safety is at risk as a result of domestic abuse, sexual violence including exploitation and modern slavery, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation. b) providing support services to women and their children in refuge accommodation to meet their additional physical, mental and emotional needs, to promote their long-term safety and well-being and to enable them to progress from danger to safety and independence. c) providing on-going community-based support for the health and well-being of women and their families who are safe to do so and who wish to do so, to stay in their own homes.d) providing community resettlement services to support women and their children progressing from refuge accommodation to independent living. e) recruiting, training and supporting paid and unpaid staff to provide a range of community-based services to women and children (in particular but not exclusively one to one support, counselling, helpline, psycho-educational and other well-being activities)2. to inform and educate the public, other service providers and authorities and the media on gender-based abuse and its impacts.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE WEST CORNWALL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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