SALFORD WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1089851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SWA's objective and principle activity centres on the provision of temporary accommodation for women and children escaping domestic abuse. This is achieved operationally via the two refuges one of which has disabled access and both have dedicated play areas for the children. In total there are 14 bedrooms across the two sites. Families have there own bedrooms but share all the other facilities.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND OUTREACH AND AFTERCARE SUPPORT(B) TO RELIEVE ANY WOMAN OR CHILD IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO MAY BE TEMPORARILY HOMELESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AND BY THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL RELIEVE THEIR NEED(C) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF, AND TO UNDERTAKE OR CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH IN SUCH MATTERS AND PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves were £225,982, with £222,820 held as unrestricted funds. The trustees report that these reserves meet the stated policy target of maintaining three months of running costs. The organization received an independent examination report with no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04298930 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Salford 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.

• AHMED, Iram — director, appointed 16/04/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cindy Salisbury
• Frieda Majeed
• IRAM AHMED · trustee of 1 other charity
• Isobel Woodley-Hume

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

Common questions

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 BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID.

• BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID income £8.3m
• Sheffield Women's Aid income £1.2m
• BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED income £536k
• BLACK COUNTRY WOMEN'S AID income £10.3m
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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