THE DASH CHARITY

Registered charity 1127126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE EAST AND SOUTH BUCKS WOMEN'S AID

To relieve the distress and suffering of persons including children who have suffered,are at risk of suffering or are exposed to domestic abuse.To provide for the safety of survivors of domestic abuse.To advance the education of voluntary and statutory agencies and the public in all aspects of domestic abuse, including without limit,its causes and prevention and the relief of its consequences.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £366,088, representing approximately 5.3 months of operating expenditure, which sits within the stated policy target of three to six months. Cash balances were £512,055, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• RNLI hoping to gobble up the competition in animated Turkey Dash charity race rnli.org · 30/11/2017

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Dash Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD).

• DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD) income £295k
• DASH (DISABILITIES AND SELF HELP / DELIO AG ANABLEDD A SIALENS HUNANGYMORTH) income £200k
• RCT Domestic Abuse Services Limited income £1.8m
• DOBCROFT AFTER SCHOOL HOURS CARE (DASH) income £414k
• THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION income £645k
• FORTALICE LIMITED income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.