Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

AHIMSA 

Ahimsa is a local voluntary-sector initiative, providing specialist help and intervention programmes to perpetrators of domestic violence and linked support services for their partners/victims. Ahimsa is approved by the Department for Justice as a provider of domestic violence perpetrator programmes to the Family Courts, and is fully accredited by RESPECT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 34 years

http://www.ahimsa.org.uk/

enquiries@ahimsa.org.uk

01752213535

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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*£309£245£64n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£169£210£-40n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£174£127£47n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£106£124£-18n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£76£112£-36n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£126£83£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£108£80£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£97£66£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£35£105£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£114£107£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£129£114£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£122£101£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£105£90£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£65£81£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£80£62£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£49£47£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£81£79£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£115£98£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£162£176£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£195£197£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City,

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
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
Esmee Fairbairn£105,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£93,717
DCMS£21,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
Devon Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to AHIMSA
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Ahimsa
£7,000 30/09/2022
Behaviour change programme for perpetrators of domestic abuse, and a partner support service
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 17/12/2021
Ahimsa perpetrator programme and integrated partner service
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ahimsa
£120,000 07/12/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation delivering a perpetrator programme to challenge and support perpetrators of abuse to cease their violent and abusive behaviour through one to one ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to AHIMSA
£50,000 20/10/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of AHIMSA
Devon Community Foundation - Stalking Project
£5,000 11/10/2021
5
Working group to identify effective community-based stalking programme focused on supporting stalking perpetrators to stop their stalking behaviours.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 28/04/2021
towards new software/hardware to update IT systems (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Tudor Trust - Grant to AHIMSA
£2,000 12/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£21,000 23/07/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to AHIMSA
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support AHIMSA to sustain their work to support work addressing Domestic Abuse Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ahimsa
£15,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to AHIMSA
£8,467 24/09/2019
12
To fund additional staff capacity to increase skills/expertise for key staff member and to support succession planning.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ahimsa
£90,000 24/07/2019
36
Towards core costs to deliver the perpetrator programme and integrated partner support programme, continue work with local and national partners and trial a new LGBT project.
Tudor Trust - Grant to AHIMSA
£60,000 03/08/2018
36
over three years towards two new part-time posts at an organisation providing assessment and treatment programmes for domestic violence perpetrators, alongside support services for partners, in Devon ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to AHIMSA
£14,500 11/07/2017
24
Funding would support a new database, a targeted pilot to broaden client base, updates to website and policies.
Tudor Trust - Grant to AHIMSA
£60,000 05/10/2016
24
over two years towards the core costs of a charity providing assessment and treatment programmes for domestic violence perpetrators and support services for partners in Devon and Cornwall
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ahimsa
£135,000 18/11/2015
36
Towards the operating costs of a Respect accredited Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme and Integrated Partner Support Service.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ahimsa
£35,000 14/03/2013
towards one year's running costs of a domestic violence perpetrator programme in Devon
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to AHIMSA
£20,997 21/01/2013
The charity provides support to victims of abuse and perpetrators across the Plymouth sub-region. The grant will contribute to key staff salaries. The work provides training courses and related ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-72
  • ILONA ROSSON (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Detective Constable
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/04/1990, number: 328598
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/12/1989, number: 02455838
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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; AR23: 27 days late, AR15: 116 days late, AR10: 15 days late,
Main office

Unit 16
Creykes Court
5 Craigie Drive
PLYMOUTH
PL1 3JB

Objectives

(1) TO SAFEGUARD AND PROMOTE HEALTHY FAMILY AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, AND TO REHABILITATE THOSE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN, OR ARE AT RISK OF ENGAGING IN, INTIMATE PARTNER/FAMILY VIOLENCE OR ABUSE.(2) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF THOSE AFFECTED BY INTIMATE PARTNER/FAMILY VIOLENCE OR ABUSE.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING INTIMATE PARTNER/FAMILY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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