CORNWALL REFUGE TRUST

Registered charity 1105270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNWALL WOMEN'S REFUGE TRUST

Cornwall Refuge Trust provides refuge accommodation for women, men and children who have escaped domestic abuse, offering them a safe and supportive environment in which to recover from their experiences and build a safer and happier future for themselves. We also provide a 24-hour domestic abuse helpline and a domestic abuse community counselling service, the Waves Project.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,952 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £766,011 largely due to legacies. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £30,160, which is significantly below the stated policy target of six months' total expenditure, although designated reserves of £765,000 are held for specific purposes.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05178212

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.

• HOUGHTON, Nicola — director, appointed 18/11/2010not on trustee list
• THURLOW, Pam — director, appointed 18/11/2010on trustee list
• HAMILTON, Katherine Elowan — director, appointed 10/10/2006not on trustee list
• FURNESS, Karen Joy — director, appointed 13/07/2004on trustee list
• HAMILTON, Katherine Elowan — secretary, appointed 20/04/2009

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KAREN JOY FURNESSchair
• KATE HAMILTON
• NICKY HOUGHTON
• PAM THURLOW

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).