THE WOMEN'S CENTRE CORNWALL LTD

Registered charity 1099348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMEN'S RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE (CORNWALL) LIMITED

To relieve the distress and isolation of women and teenage girls who have experienced sexual violence and domestic violence by offering them free confidential services. To empower, train and support women through volunteering. To raise awareness and to educate individuals, organisations and communities on issues of sexual violence and domestic violence, thereby prompting better provision, preventi

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY BASED WOMEN’S CENTRE, BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE LIFE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.2. TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS OF WOMEN AND TEENAGE GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR ARE EXPERIENCING SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND/OR DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT ALL VICTIMS TO ACCESS APPROPRIATE SERVICES. 3. TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THESE ISSUES.4. TO TRAIN TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD ALL THOSE THAT WILL PROVIDE SERVICES THAT FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CORNWALL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £914,743 are maintained in line with the charity's policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees report that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04316197
• Trading subsidiary: TWCC PROJECTS LTD Companies House 15889034

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Women's Centre Cornwall Ltd (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.

• GALLOWAY, Izzy — director, appointed 13/11/2024on trustee list
• LEWIS, Avril — director, appointed 13/11/2024on trustee list
• NORMAN, Zoe — director, appointed 13/11/2024on trustee list
• BINES, Chloe — director, appointed 19/05/2021on trustee list
• DAVIES, Claire Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/02/2020on trustee list
• FRANCIS, Kirstie Marie — secretary, appointed 05/01/2026

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 ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Avril Lewis
• Chloe Bines
• Claire Davies
• Izzy Galloway
• Laura Louise Beahan
• Lisa Janine Haywood
• Valerie Louise Stephens
• Zoe Norman

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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 TAUNTON WOMENS AID.

• TAUNTON WOMENS AID income £36k
• THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE income £85k
• THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON income £474k
• THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION income £2.3m
• WEST CORNWALL WOMEN'S AID income £841k
• HULL WOMEN'S NETWORK LTD income £650k

Side by side with its peers

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