INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES

Registered charity 1102337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORK WOMEN'S AID

Provides refuge accommodation, advice, advocacy, and practical support for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,128,141, with unrestricted reserves of £1,487,710. The charity secured new contracts and increased income by over £1 million to £7.7 million, despite rising staff costs. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04984337

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — IDAS (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.

• UPPERTON, Jayne Ann — director, appointed 02/07/2026on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Jessica Joan — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• ALLOTT, Jennifer Mary — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
• INNESS, Victoria Louise — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
• WILDE, Alana Jessie Shephard — director, appointed 05/09/2024on trustee list
• ACKLAM, Catriona Jane — director, appointed 13/04/2023on trustee list
• UMPLEBY, Gemma Kathryn — director, appointed 13/04/2023on trustee list
• SUNDARAM, Vanita, Professor — director, appointed 03/06/2021on trustee list
• MULLIGAN, Julia Rosemary — director, appointed 10/01/2020on trustee list
• SEABROOKE, Alison Margaret, Ms. — director, appointed 28/10/2019on trustee list
• WALKER, Martin — director, appointed 13/09/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £749k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catriona Jane Acklamchair
• Alana Jessie Shephard Wilde
• Alison Seabrooke
• Gemma Kathryn Umpleby
• Jayne Ann Upperton
• Jennifer Allott
• Jessica Joan Richards
• Julia Mulligan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Walker
• Professor Vanita Sundaram
• Victoria Louise Inness

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

Operates in: Barnsley · City Of York · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City

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 TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES.

• TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
• BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED income £536k
• NORTH DEVON AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED income £1.2m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £8.0m
• SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £10.0m

Side by side with its peers

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