ANDOVER CRISIS AND SUPPORT CENTRE

Registered charity 1003275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Finding Freedom From Abuse

Established to provide safe accommodation for women and women with children in need of a supportive environment together with an outreach centre, to those in the community experiencing violence and domestic abuse in their lives.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA COVERED BY THE TEST VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL AND THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION FOR WOMEN WHO ARE IN SUCH CONDITIONS

Area of benefit: LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA OF TEST VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,919 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing slightly to £964,981. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted reserves of £481,683 are held, which the charity estimates equates to approximately 6 months of resources expended, aligning with its stated reserves policy. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hysons Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02601424 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BAXTER, Jacqueline Clare — director, appointed 13/09/2025on trustee list
• FRANCE, Alexandra — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
• DAWSON, Jane — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• STOKES, Jeremy Andrew — director, appointed 29/04/2022on trustee list
• FILMER, Sue — director, appointed 01/02/2022on trustee list
• TOMLINSON, Janet — director, appointed 14/05/2015on trustee list
• BARLOW, John Trevor — director, appointed 20/01/2010on trustee list
• TOMLINSON, Janet — secretary, appointed 01/02/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £380k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra France
• Carol Harrowell
• JEREMY STOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Baxter
• Jane Dawson
• Jodie Robinson
• Sue Filmer

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM CRISIS CENTRE.

• BIRMINGHAM CRISIS CENTRE income £877k
• LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED income £720k
• BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID income £2.7m
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED income £536k
• SAFETY WELLBEING AND CHALLENGING ABUSE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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