REDUCING THE RISK OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

Registered charity 1120244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work to increase the safety and well-being of people affected by domestic abuse and to support professionals to work together to tackle abuse. Our Oxfordshire services include an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) service and supporting multi agency Networks of Domestic Abuse Champions; and we provide training & consultancy in multi-agency practice across the UK.

Objects

TO REDUCE POVERTY BY PROMOTING THE SAFETY, CHOICES AND INDEPENDENCE OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.TO EDUCATE BY FOSTERING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE PREVAILING AND IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MEANS OF REDUCING THESE.TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BY PROVISION OF SERVICES AND SUPPORTING AN INTEGRATED MULTI-AGENCY APPROACH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE OXFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £218,229, which is above the stated policy target of £168,805 (representing three months' forecast expenditure). The charity reported a net surplus of £4,383 for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure.

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% 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

• Dr Amna Sarwar
• Dr Jane Elizabeth Harris
• Felicity Martins
• Fiona Mary Grove
• Jane Elisabeth Ridley
• Lucia Bubala Moonga
• Maria Pieroni
• Matthew Dennis John Bick
• Sophie Natasha Garner

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES.

• INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £7.8m
• OASIS DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD income £3.2m
• TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• ABERCONWY DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £359k
• ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE LTD income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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