COVENTRY HAVEN

Registered charity 1074897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Coventry Haven Women`s Aid

Refuge,advise, and support services provided to women and children fleeing all forms of Domestic Violence and Abuse including Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence and FGM. Support & advise includes Counselling, Legal, Community Outreach Support, IDVA service and Specialist FGM service.

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained financial stability through prudent management and successful grant applications, resulting in a net income of £166,063 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves are currently slightly under their stated policy target, and the charity intends to continue fundraising to meet this target. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Service Level Agreements (54% of income)
“Service Level Agreements Support services 1,135,647” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.1m)
“The current level of unrestricted free reserves is £869,029 (2024: £634,833). The charity is currently slightly under its target reserves and will continue to fund raise to aim to meet its target reserves.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Luckmans Duckett Parker Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2016-2017)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states the charity helped 'almost 1,600 women and their children' in the Chair's welcome, while the CEO specifies '1,548 women'. The impact section clarifies this total includes '3,405 children'.
“helping almost 1,600 women and their children to reach safety and start their new journey in life”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Coventry Haven (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £230k. 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)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£869k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£1.9m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.3m

Common questions

Is COVENTRY HAVEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained financial stability through prudent management and successful grant applications, resulting in a net income of £166,063 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves are currently slightly under their stated policy target, and the charity intends to continue fundraising to meet this target. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Luckmans Duckett Parker Limited.

Who funds COVENTRY HAVEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY HAVEN as a grant recipient include CRISIS UK, SMALLWOOD TRUST, THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES, THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CRISIS UKFY2022£25kWorker to specifically help children prepare for leaving the refuge and adjust to living in a new settled home.
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£19k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2024£15k
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2025£13kGrants to institutions
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2023£3kOther donations
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2022£2kOther donations
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2024£2kGrants to institutions
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2022£1k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUSFY2024£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2023£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2024£474kEarly Intervention Project (EIP)
UK government17/07/2020£37kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2019£10kThe Nature Haven
UK government01/11/2018£50kAsk Me Plus
UK government—£9kWomen First Innovation Fund

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 AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COVENTRY HAVEN£2.1m——below—no doubt
AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
REFUGE FY2025£32.0m——above7.0%no doubt
TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
SOUTH LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025£235k—0unclear—noted
SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD FY2025£8.0m——unclear—no doubt

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