Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6

SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE 

Southern Domestic Abuse Service provides inclusive services services to women, children, young people & men affected by domestic abuse. Services include: Refuge accommodation, Community based outreach services, IDVA Services, Women only group work, Specialist work with children/young people, FGM Community Work/Development, work with perpetrators, domestic abuse preventative work and training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no 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
  • 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
Established: 12 years

www.stopdomesticabuse.uk

info@stopdomesticabuse.uk

023 9200 8329

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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£7,964£6,337£1,627£23£7,698£7,66414.51450
31/03/22£6,573£4,670£1,903£11£6,079£5,99115.41224
31/03/21£5,598£4,074£1,525£0£4,172£4,076121074
31/03/20£4,456£3,299£1,157£0£2,592£2,4919.11064
31/03/19£2,367£2,169£198£0£1,446£1,3357.4754
31/03/18£1,829£1,520£309£0£1,239£1,1829.3610
31/03/17£1,427£1,233£193£0£930£8538.3490
31/03/16£1,353£1,095£258£0£736£6667.3420
31/03/15£748£700£48£24£484£3876.6210
31/03/14£618£574£44£29£436£4038.4160
31/03/13£785£392£392£26£392£37011.3150

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 14.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 11.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 145 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Portsmouth City, Southampton City, 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
National Lottery Community Fund£433,818
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£291,608
DCMS£10,000
Masonic Trust£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 20/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic Abuse Refuge in Southampton
£9,980 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to provide a range of items to create a safe clean welcoming place to stay for the project's refuge residents. The project aims to provide a homely supportive and nurturing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Up2U:Creating Healthy Relationships (Up2U:CHR)
£423,838 11/02/2021
35
The funding will help with the delivery of a project that looks to create behavioural change in perpetrators of domestic violence and other forms of abuse via a proven bespoke programme of support. ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£291,608 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 - IDVA+
£449,891 22/02/2019
36
The project will use the funding to run an Independent Domestic Violence Adviser Plus Service for South East Hampshire. They will provide specialist support to victims of domestic abuse who are ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Southern Domestic Abuse Service
£180,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' funding of the salaries of the Senior IDVA and a part-time IDVA at a project providing support to victims of domestic abuse in Hampshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Toolkit (ACE's RTK)
£10,000 31/05/2018
12
The project will run a programme of weekly sessions for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and children, young people and adults who have experienced long term trauma. The aim is to build ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax
£92,991 01/04/2017
Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund
£92,991 01/04/2017
to provide support to victims of domestic abuse in South East Hampshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Up2U
£500,000 09/02/2017
36
This group will develop their project which aims to provide a domestic abuse offender service, working with people who use abusive/violent behaviours towards their partner. The project is also open ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Who's in Charge?
£10,000 20/04/2016
12
This organisation will use the funding to run a nine week programme to work with child to parent abuse cases. This will enable the organisation to reduce the parents sense of guilt and isolation as ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SDAS IDVA Service
£499,999 04/06/2015
36
The project will expand the services geographically and increase the number of victims of domestic abuse it supports, aiming to put them on the path to long-term safety. The service will include, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Together, East Hampshire, Fareham, Gosport & Havant
£10,000 28/01/2015
12
Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Southern Domestic Abuse Service
£104,300 13/03/2014
36
towards three years' salary of the Senior Independent Domestic Violence Advocate at a project in Havant providing support to survivors of domestic violence
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Southern Domestic Abuse Service
£35,000 28/08/2013
SDAS provides support and accommodation to people and families affected by domestic abuse in Havant and East Hampshire. This request is to provide an independent domestic violence advocate service ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 30-79
  • GILL BUTLER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Deputy Deean (University Acade
  • LAUREN PARRETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Services, Pha Homes
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/04/2012, number: 1146773
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2012, number: 07975563
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO BOX 53
HAVANT
HAMPSHIRE
PO9 1UA

Objectives

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY: 1.TO IMPROVE THE PROTECTION AVAILABLE TO THE VICTIMS OR POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE (MEANING PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MENTAL AND/OR FINANCIAL ABUSE WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP); 2. TO WORK TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION; 3.TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OR POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE; 4. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE; 5. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND REFUGE ACCOMMODATION FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE OR OF A PATTERN OF COERCIVE AND CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR, INCLUDING FORCED MARRIAGE AND VICTIMS OF SO-CALLED ?HONOUR? CRIMES; 6. TO FURTHER THE STUDY OF THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE; 7. TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR ALL VICTIMS OR POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS THE CHARITY MAY; 8.PROVIDE REFUGE ACCOMMODATION FOR VICTIMS OR POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR DOMESTIC CIRCUMSTANCES, ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY IN NEED OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AND PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL WELL-BEING; 9. PROMOTE, SPONSOR, FACILITATE, ENCOURAGE AND/OR UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS IN RELATION TO DOMESTIC ABUSE; 10. ADVANCE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; 11.PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE TO THIRD PARTIES; 12.SOLICIT, OBTAIN, COLLECT AND RECEIVE MONEY AND RESOURCES BY WAY OF CONTRIBUTIONS, DONATIONS, LEGACIES GRANTS AND ANY OTHER LAWFUL METHOD AND ACCEPT AND RECEIVE GIFTS AND BEQUESTS OF PROPERTY OF ANY DESCRIPTION (WHETHER SUBJECT TO ANY SPECIAL TRUST OR NOT); 13.PROCURE AND PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE; 14.PROCURE TO BE WRITTEN AND PRINT, PUBLISH, ISSUE AND CIRCULATE IN PAPER OR ELECTRONIC FORM, GRATUITOUSLY OR OTHERWISE, REPOST, PERIODICALS, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, LEAFLETS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS; 15.CARRY OUT SUCH LAWFUL ACTS AS MAY BE CONDUCTIVE TO FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS.

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