THE NIA PROJECT

Registered charity 1037072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HACKNEY WOMEN'S AID

the nia project provides services to women and children who have been subjected to sexual and domestic violence, including prostiution.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ABUSE BY PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY SERVICES(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE SUBJECT OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WORK, SOCIAL AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND HOLDING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £51,149 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees report that free reserves stood at a surplus of £569,425, which is within their stated policy target of holding between three and six months of resources expended. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported 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 Simpson Wreford LLP. 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02673624

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — the nia project (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Jodie Woodward — CEO (source)
• Marcia Buxton — Co-Chair (source)
• Ruth Tweedale — Co-Chair (source)
• Nadine Evans — Director of Finance (source)
• Caroline Murphy — Director of Operations (source)
• Taryn Lister — Director of Operations (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• MOPAC — “The LHAWAS NRF is funded by MOPAC (Jan 2020 to Jan 2022).” (source page)

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.

• SUISSA, Judith — director, appointed 09/01/2025on trustee list
• KORFEL, Agnieszka — director, appointed 09/01/2025on trustee list
• GARNER, Anna — director, appointed 01/06/2023not on trustee list
• BUXTON, Marcia Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/01/2019on trustee list
• TERRY, Amy — director, appointed 02/12/2017on trustee list
• TWEEDALE, Ruth Brenda — director, appointed 16/03/2013on trustee list
• ANTONIAZZI, Sophia — director, appointed 09/10/2010on trustee list
• WOODWARD, Jodie Louise — secretary, appointed 01/10/2023

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Agnieszka Korfel
• Amy Terry
• Anna Francis-Garner
• Judith Suissa
• Marcia Buxton
• RUTH TWEEDALE
• SOPHIA ANTONIAZZI

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £2.0m
• THE NEHEMIAH PROJECT income £1.2m
• IMECE WOMEN'S CENTRE income £995k
• PANDORA PROJECT income £566k
• RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROJECT income £1.9m
• ANAH PROJECT LTD income £544k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.