Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
    • Grant maker support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID 

    Provision of support, advice and accommodation to women and children living with, escaping or recovering from the effects of domestic and sexual violence. Support also provided to male victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Also educate, research and raise awareness on issues related to domestic and sexual violence.
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    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
    Established: 10 years

    staffordshirewomensaid.org

    enquiries@staffordshirewomensaid.org

    0300 330 5959

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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£1,470£1,379£91£17£655£57953819
    31/03/22£1,425£1,299£126£16£563£4494.13630
    31/03/21£1,202£1,032£170£13£437£3614.23025
    31/03/20£711£810£-98£19£267£1962.92632
    31/03/19£963£909£54£23£365£22932437
    31/03/18£999£1,030£-31£21£311£2733.2280
    31/03/17£969£954£15£24£341£3113.9260
    31/03/16*£956£828£127£20£326£2473.6260
    31/03/15£914£716£198£30£198£1742.9240

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 18%
    Liabilities/Income: 10%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
    Reserves/Spending: 5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 5
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Staffordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 38 employees
    • 19 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£394,197
    DCMS£118,601
    Comic Relief£64,859
    The Clothworkers Foundation£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Staffordshire Women's Aid
    £20,000 18/10/2023
    Refurbishment of a women' centre for a charity which works with victims/survivors of domestic & sexual violence in Staffordshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Community Centre
    £9,670 23/06/2023
    The funding will be used to enable the project to move to a larger premise to meet increasing demand for support services. The project aims to continue and expand delivery of support offered to women ....more
    Smallwood Trust - Funding for distribution as grants to individuals
    £9,000 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
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £8,937 11/09/2020
    "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
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Staffordshire Women's Aid
    £8,440 24/07/2020
    Grant to Staffordshire Women's Aid meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    Comic Relief - Women's Voices on VAOW phase 2 ? Communication Funding
    £33,859 23/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 Recovery funding
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Staffordshire Women's Aid
    £2,963 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs, bikes and desks for children and young people living in a refuge and who are isolated there due to Covid-19, and will help them reduce isolation and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Survive 3
    £384,527 20/03/2020
    Staffordshire Women's Aid works to support some of the most vulnerable and isolated women and children in Stafford, Cannock and South Staffordshire. SWA works to empower women themselves to shape ....more
    DCMS - Women's Voices on VAOW
    £31,000 14/02/2020
    There is a lack of information and understanding around violence and abuse experienced by older women. As a result, many older women are not identified as needing support or do not seek help ....more
    DCMS - Women's Voices on VAOW
    £15,500 14/02/2020
    There is a lack of information and understanding around violence and abuse experienced by older women. As a result, many older women are not identified as needing support or do not seek help ....more
    Comic Relief - Women's Voices on VAOW phase 2
    £31,000 21/01/2020
    12
    There is a lack of information and understanding around violence and abuse experienced by older women. As a result, many older women are not identified as needing support or do not seek help ....more
    DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
    £42,109 02/10/2019
    To work in partnership with the Housing Options Team at Stafford Borough Council through piloting a Women's Housing and Resettlement Officer (WRO) project to be co-located at the council, as well as ....more
    DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
    £21,055 02/10/2019
    To work in partnership with the Housing Options Team at Stafford Borough Council through piloting a Women's Housing and Resettlement Officer (WRO) project to be co-located at the council, as well as ....more
    DCMS - Women's Voices on VAOW
    £30,000 14/02/2019
    There is a lack of information and understanding around violence and abuse experienced by older women. As a result, many older women are not identified as needing support or do not seek help ....more
    DCMS - Women's Voices on VAOW
    £10,000 14/02/2019
    There is a lack of information and understanding around violence and abuse experienced by older women. As a result, many older women are not identified as needing support or do not seek help ....more
    DCMS - Women Side by Side
    £9,905 04/02/2019
    We want to create a safe arena where women can come together to support each other through sharing their experiences of emotional distress and mental health problems openly and honestly, without fear ....more
    DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
    £6,034 03/02/2019
    We will target this initiative with established partnerships towards girls and young women, and seek to offer it to those who may be particularly vulnerable, such as the teenage pregnancy group run ....more
    Comic Relief - Women's Voices on VAOW
    £30,000 09/01/2019
    12
    There is a lack of information and understanding around violence and abuse experienced by older women. As a result, many older women are not identified as needing support or do not seek help ....more
    DCMS - Ask Me Plus
    £50,000 01/11/2018
    The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Staffordshire Women's Aid
    £73,266 16/10/2018
    36
    Staffordshire charity supporting women and their children fleeing domestic violence. Support is wide ranging from help at their refuge to outreach support to build confidence, offer practical support ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out Online
    £8,560 06/07/2018
    12
    This funding will be used to improve the organisation's website and produce an information leaflet. The aim of the project is to improve access to information and empower women to recognise the ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Staffordshire Women's Aid
    £49,008 09/09/2015
    24
    supporting women living with the impact of domestic/sexual violence through Drop-in Support, Group Work co-ordination, Training/Awareness raising, Befriending, and supporting families to resettle. ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Staffordshire SURVIVE
    £461,660 14/04/2014
    60
    Not Available
    National Lottery Community Fund - SURVIVE
    £331,210 13/04/2010
    48
    This project will support women and girls across four local authority areas in Staffordshirewho have experienced sexual violence or abuse. It will provide a safe, confidential space where they can ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/2014, number: 1155364
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity 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
    9 returns made; AR16: 0 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from STAFFORD FURNITURE EXCHANGE on 11/06/2019
    • Asset transfer in from THE CANNOCK CHASE CHURCHES HOUSING COALITION on 23/03/2023
    Main office

    Stafford Womens Aid
    PO Box 2387
    Stafford
    ST16 3WS

    Objectives

    1) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND INCREASE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE, TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND ANY OTHER SERVICES OR ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY RELIEVE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WHERE REQUIRED, WE WILL SUPPORT MEN IN THE SAME SITUATION.2) TO RELIEVE ANY WOMAN OR CHILD IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO MAY BE TEMPORARILY HOMELESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES AND BY THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL RELIEVE THEIR NEED.3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF AND TO UNDERTAKE OR CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND/OR PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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