BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1068007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROMLEY WOMENS AID

To provide safe and secure temporary refuge accommodation, support and other related services to women and their children fleeing domestic violence. These services are confidential, non-judgemental and aim to empower women so that they are able to make informed choices and decisions about their future.

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Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £25,183 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,714,780 and total expenditure of £2,739,963. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,597,139, which exceeds the stated contingency fund target of £499,097 necessary to cover six months of operations. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern 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 Fawley Judge & Easton. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £2.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
44

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.7m£2.7m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.5m
31/03/2023£2.0m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.7m£1.5m

Common questions

Is BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £25,183 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,714,780 and total expenditure of £2,739,963. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,597,139, which exceeds the stated contingency fund target of £499,097 necessary to cover six months of operations. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fawley Judge & Easton.

Who funds BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID as a grant recipient include KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, LONDON CATALYST, MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2024£10kRandom Act of Kindness
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2023£10kRandom Act of Kindness
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£5kSMALLER GRANTS
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£2k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation20/10/2023£242kGrant to Bromley and Croydon Women's Aid Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2022£409kYoung People's Domestic Abuse Service
Greater London Authority01/10/2018£88kYoung Londoners Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2016£684kWGI stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2010£101kBWA Self Help Support Group Network
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2009£10kTelephone Advice Line for women who have experienced domestic violence

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 BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£536k—0within—noted
AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
HAVERING WOMEN'S AID FY2025£664k—0unclear—no doubt
LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S AID REFUGE FY2025£2.6mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED FY2025£720k——unclear—no doubt

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