DIAS - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTRE

Registered charity 1073769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advice, support and counselling for adults and children affected by domestic violence.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF SUFFERING SUCH VIOLENCETO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTION

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £283,693 to £301,779, reflecting a net income surplus of £18,086 for the year. The trustees note that this increase in reserves is deemed prudent and necessary due to national financial uncertainty, aligning with their policy to cover dissolution costs and maintain service continuity.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — DIAS Domestic Abuse Service (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elaine Tyrrell
• Eunice Smethurst · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martin John Preston
• Susan Gambles
• Timothy John Smith

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Lancashire · Manchester City · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Emily Davison Centre.

• The Emily Davison Centre income £428k
• INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £7.8m
• RISING SUN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE SERVICE income £1.4m
• Safe Steps income £1.7m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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