BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1073926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID, BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AID

BSWAID is working with women and children affected by domestic violence by:offering safe temporary accommodation, appropriate and accessible support services includingsupporting women in accessing justice system. The charity raises awareness and promotes action against Domestic violence and promotes policy and best practice that responds to women and children's needs.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING FACED BY WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED, OR ARE EXPERIENCING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. IN ASSOCIATION WITH STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, THIS RELIEF SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

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 · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £331,690 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total funds carried forward reaching £5,774,242. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £3,820,499, which the trustees consider equivalent to 5.7 months of operating costs, falling slightly short of their stated policy target of six months. The auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, despite noting potential funding reductions from local authorities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by French Ludlam & Co Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds 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

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid nominated for Waitrose community funding scheme greaterbirminghamchambers.com · 15/10/2026

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03509538

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid (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.

• INSLEY, Sally Annette — director, appointed 09/06/2026on trustee list
• BIRCH, Joanne Louise — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
• CHAUHAN, Kailash Kaur — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
• HUTCHINSON, Sheon — director, appointed 21/03/2023on trustee list
• RANDHAWA, Natasha — director, appointed 20/09/2022on trustee list
• NELSON, Theresa — director, appointed 26/04/2020on trustee list
• BEGUM, Shanice — director, appointed 24/04/2020on trustee list
• HERITY, Carol Ann — director, appointed 15/03/2016on trustee list
• MCCABE, Patricia — director, appointed 08/12/2015on trustee list
• CONNOLLY, Maureen Ruth — secretary, appointed 12/02/1998

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.7m. 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 ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patricia McCabechair
• Carol Herity
• Joanne Birch
• Kailash Kaur Chauhan
• Natasha Randhawa
• Sally Annette Insley
• Shanice Begum · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheon Hutchinson
• Theresa Nelson

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID.

• BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID income £2.7m
• BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £1.7m
• STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £2.0m
• CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S AID income £605k
• TAUNTON WOMENS AID income £36k
• PETERBOROUGH WOMEN'S AID income £840k

Side by side with its peers

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