TOGETHER WOMEN PROJECTS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE)
Reduce women's offending & re-offending.Influence decision-making by Criminal Justice System partners positively to reduce number of women given custodial sentences or remanded into custody &increase the number of women diverted from prosecution.Increase number of women accessing & being sustained in appropriate community provision.Reduce number of avoidable family breakdowns.
Objects
TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONGST PERSONS IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN WHO HAVE OFFENDED OR ARE AT RISK OF OFFENDING BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £462,652 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £362,804. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.
What the accounts disclose
“It was agreed that unrestricted reserves should equate to up to six months of staffing, running, and activity costs across all projects.” — page 15
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Investing charity funds 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 75
- Government income: £3,279,817 — contracts £546,693 (7), grants £2,733,124 (8); 88% of the £3,727,374 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Government income: £2,787,376 — contracts £2,406,831 (8), grants £380,545 (8); 86% of the £3,253,852 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £2,004,609 — contracts £1,738,106 (10), grants £266,503 (6); 88% of the £2,288,188 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£100,001–£110,000: 1)
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/02/2024, 14 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Trustees
- ALISON NATALIE KAY LOWE
- Claire Vilarrubi
- Erica Louise Hunt
- Jennifer Coleman-Peers
- Lisa Christine Appleyard
- Megan Kathleen Webster
- Natalie Louise Rutter
- Perminderjeet Kaur Banwait
- Rachel Davis
- Rebecca Chaloner
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| 31/03/2024 | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| 31/03/2023 | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| 31/03/2022 | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| 31/03/2021 | £1.7m | £1.5m |
Common questions
Is TOGETHER WOMEN PROJECTS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £462,652 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £362,804. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Who funds TOGETHER WOMEN PROJECTS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TOGETHER WOMEN PROJECTS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE) as a grant recipient include THE JABBS FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JABBS FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £5k | Effective Women’s Centre Project |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Cadbury Trust | 30/01/2024 | £20k | National Women’s Justice Coalition- Development Manager staff costs |
| UK government | 01/04/2023 | £16k | Together Women - Hull & ER |
| UK government | 01/04/2023 | £10k | Domestic Violence 2 |
| UK government | 01/04/2019 | £36k | SAFE in Hull ? (Supporting, Aspiring, Fulfilling, Empowering) |
| UK government | 04/02/2019 | £35k | CR TTX 3 |
| UK government | 10/12/2018 | £36k | SAFE in Hull ? (Supporting, Aspiring, Fulfilling, Empowering) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/09/2016 | £10k | From Hell to Hull |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/07/2016 | £306k | Emerge |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/03/2016 | £1.2m | WGI stage 2 |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/12/2015 | £5k | WGI stage 2 |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/10/2012 | £267k | New Way Forward: Early Intervention for Women at Risk of Crime |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ROSA FUND | 2 | £16k |
| THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION | 1 | £269k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £150k |
| POWER TO CHANGE TRUST | 1 | £129k |
| THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATION | 1 | £105k |
| THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £105k |
| THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST | 1 | £81k |
| SMALLWOOD TRUST | 1 | £71k |
Charities like this
- TOMORROW'S WOMEN
- PROJECT FEMALE
- WOMEN IN PRISON LIMITED
- WORTHING WOMEN'S AID
- THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE
- CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOGETHER WOMEN PROJECTS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE) | £3.7m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| TOMORROW'S WOMEN | £950k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PROJECT FEMALE | £165k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WOMEN IN PRISON LIMITED | £4.0m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WORTHING WOMEN'S AID | £714k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE | £85k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |