CARMARTHEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES LTD
Registered charity 1064046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARMARTHEN WOMENS AID LIMITED
SUPPORT TO WOMEN,MEN AND CHILDREN AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSEServices we provide: Refuge accommodation, Floating support, Drop-in/outreach serivice, Childrens services, courses, counselling
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £6,248 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward at £735,104. The trustees consider the level of free reserves to be roughly in line with their policy of maintaining approximately six months' expenditure. The filing confirms that the going concern basis is appropriate and no material uncertainties exist.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: third sector grants (36% of income)
“third sector grants (36%)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: circa six month's expenditure (held: £403k)
“The free reserves of the charity, less outstanding debtors are to equate to circa six month's expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CarmDAS (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.
- ROBERTS, Nigel — director, appointed 20/10/2019not on trustee list
- LEWIS, Ruth — director, appointed 20/08/2019not on trustee list
- PHILLIPS, Sarah Fiona — director, appointed 12/05/2016not on trustee list
- WILLIAMS, Ann — director, appointed 26/08/2010not on trustee list
- HARRIES, Jill Hailey, Reverend — director, appointed 12/02/2009not on trustee list
- BENNETT, Colleen Lindsay — secretary, appointed 01/07/2022
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £301k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£283
Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Operates in: Carmarthenshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CARMARTHEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £6,248 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward at £735,104. The trustees consider the level of free reserves to be roughly in line with their policy of maintaining approximately six months' expenditure. The filing confirms that the going concern basis is appropriate and no material uncertainties exist. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CARMARTHEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CARMARTHEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES LTD as a grant recipient include MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, ROSA FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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