SAFETY WELLBEING AND CHALLENGING ABUSE

Registered charity 1066878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEFTON WOMEN AND CHILDRENS AID

Provide support services for women, children and young people who are survivors of Domestic Abuse. Services include Advice Centres, Outreach, Refuge Accommodation, Children's Services and Therapeutic Services.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £52,627 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £616,730 to £564,103. The trustees' report notes that free funds of £273,473 are above the stated policy target of £75,000, but are expected to reduce in future periods due to funding uncertainties. Financial sustainability is identified as the major financial risk, with the charity relying heavily on grants and bids to support ongoing works.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SB&P. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Clifton John Williams — Chief Executive Officer (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).

• Morecrofts Solicitors — “Morecrofts Solicitors have been a fantastic supporter of SWACA for a number of years now and partner with us to provide free legal support a…” (source page)
• HSBC — “HSBC continue to support SWACA through a variety of ways with their volunteer programme. As part of this programme Annette Mullane, supporte…” (source page)
• Cargill — “Cargill’s have made a large contribution to our Welfare Fund through a direct donation which they made even bigger through match funding! Ou…” (source page)
• Countryside Properties — “Along with amazing regular support for fundraising events in the form of prize donations, Countryside Properties have also made a substantia…” (source page)
• Peel Ports Group – The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company — “Peel Ports have supported SWACA through considerable direct donations as well as staff fundraising initiatives, both of which directly benef…” (source page)
• Crosby Soroptomists — “Crosby Soroptomists are a wonderful supporter of SWACA and have made many donations through their tireless fundraising efforts including mak…” (source page)
• Selco Builders Warehouse — “Selco are valuable supporters of Global Make Some Noise, a foundation that directly funds our frontline services. We were excited to be aske…” (source page)
• Jaguar Landrover — “We were delighted to receive a considerable donation from Jaguar Landrover towards our charity shop re-fit project.” (source page)
• Greencore — “SWACA are delighted to be the nominated charity of Greencore – the leading manufacturer in convenience food. Greencore have a local base in …” (source page)
• Neptune Brewery — “Local female-led, Sefton-based brewery, Neptune Brewery, has selected SWACA as their nominated charity for an international event celebratin…” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Leatherchair
• Andrew Perrigo
• Andrew Robert Matthews
• MARGARET WOOTTON
• MICHELLE CREED
• PAMELA STUBBS
• SHIRLEY ELIZABETH ANN SMITH
• Tim Keelan

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

Operates in: Sefton

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 PORT TALBOT AND AFAN WOMENS AID.

• PORT TALBOT AND AFAN WOMENS AID income £1.8m
• LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED income £720k
• SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £8.0m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £803k

Side by side with its peers

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