EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Registered charity 1140240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FORUM

Our activities aim to challenge, prevent and reduce domestic and sexual abuse by increasing awareness; developing, promoting and implementing early interventions; and strengthening inter-agency work, mostly, but not restricted to, the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire areas.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus and total reserves of £886,089, comprising £764,580 in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor. The organization relies on a mix of local government funding, trusts, and income generation to deliver its services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income)
“Charitable activities 4 69,130 1,395,001 1,464,131 1,268,960” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £765k; policy: no less than 3 months running costs)
“As at 31st March 2025 we held £154,035 in free cash reserves. The Board of Trustees reviewed the reserve policy and confirmed that unrestricted funds should equate to no less than 3 months running costs for the organisation.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rogers Spencer. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£154k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 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).

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£995k£839k
31/03/2021£673k£614k

Common questions

Is EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus and total reserves of £886,089, comprising £764,580 in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor. The organization relies on a mix of local government funding, trusts, and income generation to deliver its services. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rogers Spencer.

Who funds EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST, THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUST, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£15kcosts of supporting victims of domestic abuse in Nottinghamshire
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2022£3k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2021£1kWelfare

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£10kHelp a Friend
UK government31/07/2020£7kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£10kEquations Domestic Abuse Service for Men

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 Safe Steps.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE£1.5m—0below—no doubt
Safe Steps FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED FY2025£2.3m—0within—no doubt
THE HAMPTON TRUST (HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT) FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
RESPEITO LTD FY2026£49k—0unclear—no doubt
TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt

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