BAWSO LTD
Registered charity 1084854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAWSO, BAWSO WOMEN'S AID, BAWSO WOMENS AID
Provides Wales wide services including the provision of temporary accommodation for all victims of abuse, violence and exploitation. Specialises in providing services for people from black and minority ethnic communities and their children, who have suffered from or at risk of Domestic Abuse, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £137,421 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising operational costs and a reduction in specific funding streams. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £685,286, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet its obligations as a going concern. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Salvation Army - Diogel Project (33% of income)
“Salvation Army - Diogel Project 1,518,687” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Walter Hunter & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Supporting minorities affected by violence and exploitation (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.
- WOOLSTON, Temmy — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
- PATEL, Vimlaben Harilal — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
- HARRIS, Carol Manguera — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
- RIVA, Giovanni Vinicio — director, appointed 29/01/2021on trustee list
- MCDONALD, Rachel Fiona — director, appointed 26/11/2019on trustee list
- BURKE, Mwape Jackqueline Chisongo — director, appointed 26/11/2019on trustee list
- MURRAY, Michael Francis — director, appointed 28/02/2019on trustee list
- FLETCHER, Jennifer Ruth — director, appointed 27/09/2011not on trustee list
- KHAN, Tahmina — director, appointed 28/03/2008on trustee list
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 £722k. 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 ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).
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.
- 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?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £137,421 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising operational costs and a reduction in specific funding streams. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £685,286, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet its obligations as a going concern. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Walter Hunter & Co Limited.
Government & lottery funding
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