HAVERING WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1101895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H.W.A.

Provision of advice, support, counselling and/or temporary accommodation for women who have been exposed to domestic violence (mental or physical), and for their children. To preserve and protect the mental and physical health of such women and their children in such ways as shall relieve their need. To educate the public in the causes and effects of domestic violence and the prevention thereof.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;B) TO RELIEVE SUCH WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY, OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES;C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF SUCH WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL RELIEVE THEIR NEED;D) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF, AND TO UNDERTAKE OR CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAVERING

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 stood at £426,395, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of holding three months of expenditure for staff salaries and winding down costs. The charity reported a net income of £67,536 for the year, with total funds increasing to £836,526, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required 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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KATHLEEN PATRICIA BARRATTchair
• Norma Busby
• PENELOPE ANNE PATTERSON
• Serena Malcolm
• Terry O'Neill
• Terry Oneill

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• BROMLEY AND CROYDON WOMEN'S AID income £2.7m
• STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £2.0m
• BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID income £8.3m
• LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED income £720k
• BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED income £536k

Side by side with its peers

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