LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED

Registered charity 1069296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IPSWICH WOMEN'S AID, IPSWICH WOMEN'S AID LIMITED

To provide safe and supportive refuge accommodation; to develop innovative community services that deliver effective interventions and preventative programmes; and delivering emotional and therapeutic support to women and children who are experiencing, or at risk from, domestic abuse or violence. To raise awareness of domestic abuse and violence.

Objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO SUPPORT ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE OR VIOLENCE. THE CHARITY WILL DO THIS BY PROVIDING A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PREVENTATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.

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

Registered contact address: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £90,319 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,098,620 to £1,008,301. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,002,002, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£202,603). The trustees confirm the charity is financially robust and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, indicating it can meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARAH HARVEYchair
• CATHERINE BRIGHT
• CYNTHIA GLINOS
• Emma Jane Mirams
• JUDITH ROSE
• Nina Livermore
• Rebecca Martin
• Sandra Ablitt
• Zoe Diane Woods

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES.

• LIGHTHOUSE - SUPPORTING WOMEN THROUGH STORMY TIMES income £251k
• WOMEN'S AID LEICESTERSHIRE LIMITED income £1.9m
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S AID income £605k
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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