STOCKPORT WITHOUT ABUSE

Registered charity 1079291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOCKPORT WOMEN'S AID

Refuge and dispersed property accommodation for victims of domestic abuse including women, men and children. Floating Support Service, Community Support, Children and Young Peoples Service, Education and Training.

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Latest income

£762k

Latest spending

£827k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £762,110 from £778,349 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £826,801, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £491,165, which is in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £239,384.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months expenditure plus a redundancy provision, setting reserves requirement at around £239,384 (held: £491k)

“unrestricted funds not committed or invested in fixed assets, should cover a minimum of six months expenditure, due to an increased turnaround time on grant fund decision making, plus a redundancy provision, setting reserves requirement at around £239,384.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03890735

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stockport Without Abuse (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.

BURKE, Sandra — director, appointed 20/05/2024on trustee list
WESTWOOD, Susan — director, appointed 27/01/2023on trustee list
FLYNN, Janet — director, appointed 01/01/2021on trustee list
BARKER, Katharine — director, appointed 08/09/2020not on trustee list
EATOUGH, Lucy Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/09/2019on trustee list
GLEDHILL, Susan Pauline — director, appointed 26/04/2018on trustee list
BOWDEN, Julia Jane — director, appointed 20/08/2008on trustee list
GLEDHILL, Susan Pauline — secretary, appointed 27/01/2025

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income

£762k

Total spending

£827k

Reserves (reported)

£491k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Janet Flynnchair
JULIA JANE BOWDEN
Katherine Sophie Barker
Lucy Elizabeth Eatough
Sandra Burke
Susan Gledhill
Susan Westwood · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£762k	£827k
31/03/2024	£778k	£787k
31/03/2023	£875k	£706k
31/03/2022	£701k	£735k
31/03/2021	£909k	£790k

Common questions

Is STOCKPORT WITHOUT ABUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £762,110 from £778,349 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased to £826,801, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £491,165, which is in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £239,384. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STOCKPORT WITHOUT ABUSE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STOCKPORT WITHOUT ABUSE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELLOR.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELLOR	FY2022	£570	Women’s Evening Fellowship grant

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	02/10/2019	£89k	Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/04/2016	£10k	SWA Childrens Worker