Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10

LANCASHIRE WOMEN 

Lancashire Women's Centres offer support in a non-judgemental, confidential and safe environment. Services include complex casework, mental health interventions, money, benefit and debt advice, training, mentoring and volunteering opportunities. We are open to all women but have specific focus on those with mental health needs and those with an offending history. We have 4 bases in Lancashire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 20 years

www.lancashirewomen.org

paige.birkett@lancashirewomen.org

03003301354

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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£2,849£2,717£132£50£1,124£1,0224.59530
31/03/22£2,693£2,559£135£64£985£8754.19530
31/03/21£2,374£2,413£-39£39£849£6753.49128
31/03/20£2,165£2,557£-392£53£887£8093.89225
31/03/19£2,198£2,350£-151£13£1,281£1,1906.18331
31/03/18£2,661£2,371£289£27£1,432£1,3286.7700
31/03/17£2,096£1,605£492£16£1,143£1,0978.2420
31/03/16£1,938£1,705£233£22£649£5433.8360
31/03/15£1,192£1,148£44£49£419£3363.5350
31/03/14£882£741£141£30£375£2263.7200
31/03/13£499£525£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£427£438£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£497£504£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£462£410£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£348£346£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£195£190£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£195£190£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£231£213£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£186£182£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 95 employees
  • 30 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,

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£546,624
Ministry of Justice£174,239
DCMS£79,993
BBC Children in Need£79,277
Department of Health£65,818
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 05/08/2022
Money & Energy Advice by Lancashire Women
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Outcomes for Women
£246,495 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to provide emotional health and wellbeing support to women in Blackpool struggling with different complexities. This will increase beneficiaries’ ability to cope under ....more
Smallwood Trust - Funding for distribution as grants to individuals
£8,500 16/12/2021
This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lancashire Women
£1,913 23/10/2021
We want to provide a therapeutic wellbeing service in Lancashire Women’s Preston centre.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Core Costs Funding
£70,000 01/04/2021
To support organisations which are developing a whole systems approach to female offenders across the country.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Funding
£56,100 02/01/2021
The womens community sector grants scheme offers £2.5 million in funding for core costs to promote greater financial stability throughout the sector.
Department of Health - Lancashire Women
£65,818 28/08/2020
Grant funding to members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for priority project work in support of DHSC, NHS England and Improvement and PHE strategic priorities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£79,993 05/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lancashire Women
£79,277 30/07/2020
Covid19 - This project will deliver one to one, holistic support for young women and girls living in poverty in East Lancashire, whose ability to engage in education and employment is affected by ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 07/05/2020
Lancashire Women Money Advice Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Digital Early Intervention Support for Women Facing Multipl
£300,129 04/06/2019
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This project is for Lancashire Women's Centre to develop a solution for early intervention support services for women and girls in the North-West, to prevent escalation and crisis. The organisation ....more
Ministry of Justice - Whole system approach to female Offenders
£48,139 01/04/2019
To build upon the progress in thedevelopment of a Female Offenders Whole System Approach. To establish a post which works outside of organisational silos to drive a collective strategy to meet the ....more
DCMS - Women Side by Side
£25,000 01/02/2019
Our project will support the development of effective womens peer support across the North West, helping to improve quality, raise awareness of impact and increase provision.A Strategic Network ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lancashire Women's Centres
£5,059 19/11/2018
To provide free access physical activity as a progression route for women to sustain their overall mental health and emotional wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Blackpool Women's Centre - Improving Women's Wellbeing
£329,516 31/05/2018
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Lancashire Women's Centre will deliver a new service to support women's emotional health and wellbeing at their Blackpool Centre. It will support women who have experienced trauma, abuse, ....more
Ministry of Justice - Whole System Approach to Female Offenders
£47,402 01/04/2018
To reduce reoffending rates of female offenders and provide holistic support to some of the most vulnerable women in society.
Ministry of Justice - Whole System Approach to Female Offenders
£62,330 01/04/2017
The WSA grant scheme of £800k provides seed funding for organisations to develop a joined-up, multi-agency approach to female offenders (and other women at risk of offending) in their local area, to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lancashire Women's Centres
£135,000 09/03/2017
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towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a women's centre in Blackpool
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Lancashire Women's Centres
£24,000 15/01/2017
renovation of internal rooms for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders in Lancashire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lancashire Women's Centres
£135,000 13/03/2014
36
towards three years' salaries of the Centre Coordinator and an Apprentice at a new Women's Centre supporting vulnerable women in Blackpool
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to East Lancashire Womens Centre
£25,000 29/10/2012
the costs of the street sex worker project including salaries, volunteer expenses, administration, management, marketing and publicity costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Lancashire Women's Centres
£11,000 16/12/2009
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Towards Project costs Towards the salary of the counselling/volunteer co-ordinator and some core costs.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards volunteer training and related costs
£4,000 27/06/2007
Towards volunteer training and related costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-72
  • LAURA BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Womens Rights Specialist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2003, number: 1100976
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2003, number: 04777720
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; all on time
Main office

21-23 Blackburn Road
Accrington
LANCASHIRE
BB5 1HF

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WOMEN IN NEED OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA, WHICH IS DEFINED BY REFERENCE TO THE BOUNDARIES OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH, HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:(A) TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF WOMEN IN THE AREA.(B) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN IN NEED OF HELP AND SUPPORT AND ADVICE ON A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING LEGAL RIGHTS, WELFARE RIGHTS, EMPLOYMENT, CHILDCARE, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.(C) TO PROVIDE A MEETING PLACE FOR WOMEN AND FACILITIES FOR PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN IN NEED THEREOF.(D) TO EDUCATE WOMEN IN THE AREA OF THEIR RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AND IN THE AREA OF HEALTH CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE AREA, WHICH IS DEFINED BY REFERENCE TO THE BOUNDARIES OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH, HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY.

Data Sources

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