WOMEN'S AID LEICESTERSHIRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1136419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMAN'S AID LEICESTERSHIRE LIMITED

To provide housing or other accomodation and any associated amenities, services and assistance for the beneficiaries. To relieve any other need of the beneficiaries primarily by providing support, training and advice and to advance the education of the public in the subject of domestic, relational and sexual violence and related issues and the prevention and treatment of the same.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,857,399 from £1,494,860 in the prior year, resulting in a net income of £143,049. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,441, which are significantly below its stated reserves policy target of £349,249. The trustees note that previous reliance on statutory funding can no longer be relied upon, identifying this as the principal risk to the organisation's future sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07171654

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Women's Aid Leicestershire Limited (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.

• ENGLISH, Ruth Jane — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
• FRANKLIN, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
• HIGGS, Catherine Elizabeth — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
• PURNELL, Jacqueline Ann — director, appointed 27/08/2021not on trustee list
• MCGOFF, Sophie — secretary, appointed 06/02/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £680k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Elizabeth Higgs
• Jacqui Purnell
• Jessica Shannon Wilson
• Ruth Jane English
• Sarah Franklin

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID.

• STAFFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S AID income £2.0m
• LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED income £720k
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m
• THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON income £474k
• HAVERING WOMEN'S AID income £664k
• BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED income £536k

Side by side with its peers

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