LEEDS WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1005884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS WOMEN'S AID INCORPORATING HALT

Leeds Women's Aid works with women & children, being a voice & leader in the sector. LWA support women & children experiencing domestic violence and abuse and aims to eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls. We offer a range of services including safe houses and refuges, community & telephone support, women's groups and hubs, and support to children & young people and coordinate partnerships.

Objects

The objects of the charity are for the public benefit, including the promotion of women-centered support and the provision of services for the advancement of women and the support of those who have experienced Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse, in particular, but not limited to, women, children and young people in Leeds and surrounding areas.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE LEEDS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £195,304 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £4,686,457 against total expenditure of £4,491,153. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £985,570, which falls within the stated policy target range of £887,000 to £996,000. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are 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 BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leeds Womens Aid (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Shruthi Ventakachalam
• HELEN LOUISE DANIELS
• Holli Kellett
• Jill MacTaggart Ezard
• Judith McAra · trustee of 1 other charity
• LORRAINE WHEWELL
• Nneka Ikeogu
• Rebecca Tredget
• Ridwana Wallace-Laher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Millar
• Susan Kerslake
• Vanessa Rolfe

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON.

• WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON income £1.1m
• WELSH WOMEN'S AID income £3.2m
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• WOMEN'S AID LEICESTERSHIRE LIMITED income £1.9m
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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