CYFANNOL WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1045890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TORFAEN WOMEN'S AID, TORFAEN WOMEN'S AID LIMITED

CWA provides support to women (& their children) affected by all forms of VAWDASV. Refuge accommodation, complex needs, 24/7 Crisis, drop in, Community Support, ISVA, counselling, CYP support, group education/training opportunities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF ALL THOSE IN NEED, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DOMESTIC ABUSE, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:(A) CRISIS SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, REFUGE AND ADVOCACY;(B) MITIGATION SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS AND COUNSELLING;(C) PREVENTATIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, EDUCATION PROGRAMMES;(D) AWARENESS RAISING ON THE CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND GENDERED NATURE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DOMESTIC ABUSE, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.?

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, GWENT

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Torfaen, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £122,548 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £2,913,256. The trustees note that free reserves are currently below the charity's reserve policy target, although this policy is due for review as the charity invests in property assets. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Walter Hunter & Co Limited. Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02995805

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cyfannol Women's Aid (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• CHILD, Rachel Jane — director, appointed 08/09/2026on trustee list
• MCCARTY, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
• WATSON, Annalee Rose — director, appointed 11/02/2025on trustee list
• MCCARTHY-MILLS, Jodie Louise — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• O'DONOGHUE, Anne — director, appointed 06/02/2024on trustee list
• HODGSON, Ann Elizabeth — director, appointed 27/01/2022on trustee list
• MELOY, Ceri Elvina — director, appointed 28/11/2019on trustee list
• O'DONOGHUE, Anne — secretary, appointed 12/11/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £714k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Hodgsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne O'Donoghue
• Ceri Elvina Meloy
• Jodie Louise McCarthy-Mills
• Rachel Jane Child
• Sarah Louise McCarty
• Stephen Michael Dwyer

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELWYN HATFIELD WOMEN'S REFUGE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

• WELWYN HATFIELD WOMEN'S REFUGE AND SUPPORT SERVICES income £503k
• WIRRAL WOMEN & CHILDRENS' AID income £903k
• WELSH WOMEN'S AID income £3.2m
• WEST CORNWALL WOMEN'S AID income £841k
• WHAG income £3.7m
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k

Side by side with its peers

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