WIRRAL WOMEN & CHILDRENS' AID

Registered charity 1106399 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a place of safety for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. We will provide information, support and guidance to resident and non-resident families. We empower women to enable them to begin a new life with their children in a non-violent environment. We are a trauma informed service that uses Cognitive Analytical Therapy to aid in the recovery of women and children affected by DA.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND NORTH WALES (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF ALL PERSONS INCLUSIVE OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MALTREATMENT OR ABUSE.

Area of benefit: WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE.

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 the charity achieved a net surplus of £64,987 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £792,461. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £279,935, which comfortably covers the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of operating expenditure. The charity remains financially resilient, supported by grants, donations, and trading income.

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.

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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05250366

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wirral Women's Refuge (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.

• BATMAN, Iris — director, appointed 12/09/2024on trustee list
• PARRY, Lee Martin — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• RIGBY, Katherine Jane — director, appointed 08/01/2019on trustee list
• MARSHALL, Meg — director, appointed 09/05/2016on trustee list
• ROSS, Carole Mary — director, appointed 10/01/2005on trustee list
• BEECH, Alison Jo — director, appointed 14/10/2004on trustee list
• BENNETT, Diane Rosemary — director, appointed 05/10/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 5.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MEG MARSHALLchair
• ALISON JO BEECH
• CAROLE MARY ROSS
• DIANE ROSEMARY BENNETT
• Iris Batman
• Katherine Rigby
• Lee Parry

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

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