RESTORED

Registered charity 1136774 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Restored is a Christian charity working to speak up about violence against women and girls, to equip the church to stand against domestic abuse and to support survivors. We host an online community of more than 900 women who have been subjected to domestic abuse and are developing the Restored Beacon Network of churches to provide support for survivors in their community.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME2 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, SPECIFICALLY WITH A VIEW TO ENDING VAW AND TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:* MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS* RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES* PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS* CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW* COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION* RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES* PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS* PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS* INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS* ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is stronger than anticipated, with unrestricted reserves held at £158,125, which meets the stated policy target of three months' budgeted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year, supported by higher-than-expected one-off giving and major donors, while operating costs increased by 17% to reflect growth in survivor support.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Cinnamon Network — “Winner of the Cinnamon Network Incubator Project 2022” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIONNE GRAVESANDE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elisabeth Roberts
• Mark Binney · trustee of 3 other charities
• Michael Coffin
• Peter David King
• Rachel Hannah Phillips
• Rev Nathan Lee McGuire
• Tania Bright · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tracy Wild

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RESTORED TO RESTORE.

• RESTORED TO RESTORE income £102k
• RESTORE CHURCH BOSTON income £411k
• RESTORE (CUMBRIA) income £452k
• RESTORATION REVIVAL FELLOWSHIP income £245k
• REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD COVENANT RESTORATION ASSEMBLY NOTTINGHAM income £304k
• RESTORATION CENTRE MINISTRIES income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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