WEST CORNWALL WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1100329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Refuge accommodation for women and children who have experienced domestic violence, provision of an outreach service for women affected by domestic violence, domestic violence helpline, counselling service, therapeutic group work.

Objects

3. The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are:1. to provide for the relief of poverty, distress and suffering experienced by women or children who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence irrespective of race, culture, sexual orientation or ability, in particular but not exclusively by:a) providing short term refuge accommodation to women and their children whose safety is at risk as a result of domestic abuse, sexual violence including exploitation and modern slavery, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation. b) providing support services to women and their children in refuge accommodation to meet their additional physical, mental and emotional needs, to promote their long-term safety and well-being and to enable them to progress from danger to safety and independence. c) providing on-going community-based support for the health and well-being of women and their families who are safe to do so and who wish to do so, to stay in their own homes.d) providing community resettlement services to support women and their children progressing from refuge accommodation to independent living. e) recruiting, training and supporting paid and unpaid staff to provide a range of community-based services to women and children (in particular but not exclusively one to one support, counselling, helpline, psycho-educational and other well-being activities)2. to inform and educate the public, other service providers and authorities and the media on gender-based abuse and its impacts.?

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE WEST CORNWALL

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £96,118 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that free reserves of £176,262 are below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, although they remain optimistic about long-term sustainability due to secured contracts and funding.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 22/05/2023, 111 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Cornwall Women's Aid (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kirsty Arthurchair
• Amanda Wright
• Karin Walker
• Karis Matik
• Meghan Field
• Michelle Brightley
• Sue Penna

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S AID.

• CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S AID income £605k
• WARRINGTON WOMEN'S AID income £352k
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £1.7m
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• WEST WALES DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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