MY SISTER'S PLACE

Registered charity 1137319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Specialist service for female victims of domestic violence 16 years and over.We provide Advocacy, Support, Sanctuary Scheme, Counselling, Legal Advice, Training, Women's groups.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £156,937, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £57,812. Despite this loss, the trustees report that free reserves of £389,622 exceed their stated policy target of covering three months of expenditure, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £390k)
“The charity's reserves policy is to aim to have an amount in free reserves to cover 3 months of expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: My Sister's Place Trading Limited
“My Sister's Place Trading Limited is a 100% subsidiary of the charity which was incorporated on 30 April 2018 and started to trade that year.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Anderson Barrowcliff Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — My Sisters Place (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £95k. 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)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£390k
Employees
41

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.2m£1.1m

Common questions

Is MY SISTER'S PLACE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £156,937, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £57,812. Despite this loss, the trustees report that free reserves of £389,622 exceed their stated policy target of covering three months of expenditure, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Anderson Barrowcliff Limited.

Who funds MY SISTER'S PLACE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MY SISTER'S PLACE as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, THE ECONOMIST CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, CEO SLEEPOUT, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2023£39kDomestic and Sexual Abuse grant
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£20kCharity Main Grants
THE ECONOMIST CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£11kStaff matching
THE ECONOMIST CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£11kStaff matching donations
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2023£4k
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2022£4k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company02/07/2026£124kGrant to My Sisters Place
Community Foundation North East17/07/2025£10kGrant to My Sister's Place
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2023£332kSurviving and Thriving Following Economic Abuse
UK government04/03/2019£4kHomes for Good
UK government01/02/2019£22kWomen Side by Side
UK government01/02/2019£25kWomen Side by Side
UK government01/11/2018£50kAsk Me Plus
Community Foundation North East05/09/2018£2kEstablishing a community advice hub and shop
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2018£10kMSP Community Hub
Community Foundation North East07/01/2018£40kSalary and on-costs of a Therapeutic Services Manager Year 1
Community Foundation North East01/04/2017£37kRunning costs of a domestic violence counselling service Year 3
Community Foundation North East01/04/2016£37kTowards Running costs of a domestic violence counselling service Year 2
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2015£1kWGI Stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2015£9kAccessible (and paperless) service
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2015£499kDVIRT (Domestic Violence Intensive Response Team)
Northern Rock Foundation28/04/2014£1kGrant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation11/03/2014£50kGrant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation11/02/2014£3kGrant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation06/02/2014£918Grant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation18/12/2013£3kGrant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation05/11/2012£44kGrant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation13/03/2012£90kGrant awarded to My Sister's Place (Tees Valley)
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2012£124kMy Sister's Place Counselling Service
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2011£10kMy Sisters Place, Domestic Violence Service
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2011£159kIndependent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA)

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 AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MY SISTER'S PLACE£1.3m——above—no doubt
AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
SISTAH SPACE (SANCTUARY) FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUR SANCTUARY FY2025£1.8m——above—no doubt
SAFER PLACES FY2025£4.4m£82,4823unclear—no doubt
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2025£803k—0unclear—no doubt

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