BAWSO LTD
Registered charity 1084854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAWSO, BAWSO WOMEN'S AID, BAWSO WOMENS AID
Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £540,502 for the year ended 31 March 2023, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,019,386. The trustees note that rising living costs impacted staff retention and recruitment due to uncompetitive salaries, though some funders increased funding to allow for salary adjustments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Walter Hunter & Co Limited.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Supporting minorities affected by violence and exploitation (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (03/06/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
- Carol Harris
- Chetna Sinha · trustee of 3 other charities
- Giovanni Riva
- JENNIFER FLETCHER BA
- Michael Murray
- Mutale Merrill OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Mwape Burke
- Rachel McDonald
- TAHMINA KHAN
- Temmy Woolston
- Vimlaben Patel
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BAWSO LTD financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £540,502 for the year ended 31 March 2023, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,019,386. The trustees note that rising living costs impacted staff retention and recruitment due to uncompetitive salaries, though some funders increased funding to allow for salary adjustments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Walter Hunter & Co Limited.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID.