YOUR SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1137057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORMALLY SURREY WOMEN'S AID

We are a charity based in Woking, Surrey, using a trauma-informed, needs-led approach to support and empower survivors of domestic abuse. We provide a domestic abuse helpline, a community-based outreach service for survivors living or working in North West Surrey, the specialist male survivor service for Surrey, a refuge for survivors and their children, and a specialist children's service.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £397,627 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £1,424,838 to £1,027,211. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £841,331 remain above the stated policy target of £650,000, although the trustees note that existing funding levels will not sustain current staffing levels to meet rising demand without securing additional income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bennewith 2018 Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07257302

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Your Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Woking Borough Council — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council” (source page)
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government” (source page)
• The Office of Police and Crime Commissioners in Surrey — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Surrey County Council — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• BBC Children in Need — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Property Initiatives — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• The Lloyds Bank Foundation — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Community Foundation for Surrey — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• American Women of Surrey — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Soroptimist International — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• The Mother’s Union — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Masonic Relief Chest Scheme — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Enterprise Holdings — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Nationwide — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)
• Women's Institute — “Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters! Woking Borough Council Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Office of …” (source page)

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.

• CHANNET, Mona Celiece — director, appointed 20/09/2025on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, David Rhys — director, appointed 28/01/2023on trustee list
• MORRIS, Victoria — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• MORGAN, Sandrea Latoyia — director, appointed 11/12/2021on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Gabbie — director, appointed 09/07/2020on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, David Rhys — secretary, appointed 30/10/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Thompson
• David Williams
• GABBIE JOHNSON
• Mona Celiece Channet · trustee of 1 other charity
• SANDREA MORGAN
• Sharonjeev Benning-Prince
• Victoria Morris

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £8.0m
• REFUGE4PETS income £255k
• SAFER PLACES income £4.4m
• SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £10.0m
• 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.