PRESTON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES

Registered charity 1061953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P W R, PRESTON WOMEN'S REFUGE

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES ARE PROVIDING WOMEN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITH A RANGE OF QUALITY SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN. THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED TO MALE VICTIMS. THE ORGANISATION ALSO CAMPAIGNS AND RAISES AWARENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WOMEN) WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: I)PROVIDING TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION TO SUCH WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WHERE REQUIRED;II)PROVIDING A RANGE OF OTHER CHARITABLE SERVICES TO SUCH WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WHERE REQUIRED;III)PROVIDING SUPPORT TO SUCH WOMEN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE AND OR VIOLENCE IN THEIR PERSONAL OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.IV) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING SOME CHARITABLE SERVICES TO SUPPORT SUCH MEN, WHEREVER IT IS FEASIBLE AND DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE SUPPORT THE COMPANY GIVES TO FEMALE VICTIMS.V) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO WOMEN MEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF CHARITABLE SERVICES INCLUDING ADVICE AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT, TO ASSIST THEM TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,996 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £136,189 and total expenditure of £122,193. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and holds unrestricted reserves of £86,755, which falls within their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Esther Louise Stamp
• Kimberley Anne Antrobus
• Rachel Louise Haslam
• Stephanie Ward

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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