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.

Objects

62.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARD THEPREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF PERSONS WHOHAVE BEEN OR ARE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN NOTTINGHAMSHIREIN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, WORKSHOPS,SEMINARS AND INFORMATION; AND62.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY AGENCIES, PROFESSIONALSAND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN ALL ASPECTS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, ITSCAUSES AND PREVENTION.

Area of benefit: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £1,328,113 — grants £1,328,113 (9); 89% of the £1,494,020 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £1,017,916 — contracts £1,017,916 (3); 75% of the £1,355,122 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £1,102,693 — grants £1,102,693 (9); 92% of the £1,194,345 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE£1.5m—0below—no doubt
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED FY2025£2.3m—0within—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE FY2025£94k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
EQUALITY NOW FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM FINANCIAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP FY2026£90k—0above—no doubt

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