BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID
Registered charity 1050484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BWA
Provision of support, information and refuge accommodation to people, adults and children, who have experienced domestic abuse.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £9,267 for the year, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit of £31,763. Free reserves were £589,816, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of half the charity's activity under their stated policy. The charity remains dependent on local authority contracts and fundraising to maintain financial stability amid sector-wide funding challenges.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Edwin Smith. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- HUGHES, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
- ROSE, Susan Pauline — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
- HOOPER, Gemma — director, appointed 17/01/2024on trustee list
- HOWARD, Chaya Kumudini — director, appointed 05/04/2023on trustee list
- YOUNG, Emma Louise Victoria — director, appointed 30/11/2022on trustee list
- BEDDALL, Minaz — director, appointed 21/01/2020on trustee list
- JONES, Fiona Patricia — director, appointed 29/03/2017on trustee list
- BADDELEY, Kathryn Helen — director, appointed 28/01/2015on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £725k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£113k
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Emma Louise Victoria Youngchair
- Chaya Kumudini Howard
- Fiona Jones
- Gemma Hooper
- Kathryn Baddeley
- Minaz Beddall · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sarah Hughes
- Susan Rose
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £9,267 for the year, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit of £31,763. Free reserves were £589,816, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of half the charity's activity under their stated policy. The charity remains dependent on local authority contracts and fundraising to maintain financial stability amid sector-wide funding challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edwin Smith.
Who funds BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID as a grant recipient include THE EARLEY CHARITY, BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Wokingham United Charities, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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