WORTHING WOMEN'S AID
Registered charity 1098726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFE IN SUSSEX
The provision of safe accommodation and advocacy to women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.The facilitation of peer support groups to women who have or are experiencing domestic abuse. The delivery of healthy relationship educational programmes into both primary & secondary schools.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit in unrestricted funds of £26,933 and a total deficit of £112,412 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity has sufficient free reserves of £521,368 to cover the difference between income and expenditure and to meet its calculated reserves requirement of £388,901.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £388,901 (held: £521k)
“The total reserves requirement calculated for 2025/26 based on the annual budget and the longer term planned spending commitments is £388,901. This is split into general requirements of £188,901 and designated requirements of £200,000.” — page 19
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
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.
- TARAFDER, Lucy-May — director, appointed 17/05/2025on trustee list
- CARP, Charlotte — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
- HAINES, Katrina — director, appointed 22/02/2023on trustee list
- HALL, Liz — director, appointed 07/09/2022on trustee list
- JACKSON, Tana — director, appointed 19/07/2021on trustee list
- BROWN, Karen — director, appointed 19/04/2021on trustee list
- GROVES WILLIAMS, Leslie — director, appointed 13/01/2020not on trustee list
- JACKSON, Tana — secretary, appointed 17/11/2021
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £316k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£46k
Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Charlotte Carp
- Karen Brown
- Katrina Haines
- Leslie Groves Williams
- Liz Hall
- Lucy-May Tarafder
- Sarah Payne · trustee of 1 other charity
- Tana Jackson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WORTHING WOMEN'S AID financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit in unrestricted funds of £26,933 and a total deficit of £112,412 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity has sufficient free reserves of £521,368 to cover the difference between income and expenditure and to meet its calculated reserves requirement of £388,901. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds WORTHING WOMEN'S AID?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WORTHING WOMEN'S AID as a grant recipient include ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, WEST WORTHING BAPTIST CHURCH.
Known funders
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