DOMESTIC ABUSE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT SERVICES

Registered charity 1143001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAVSS

Provides confidential and free support to women and men who have or are experiencing domestic abuse

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY/EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY ABUSED WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP IN THE WEST KENT AREA;TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE WEST KENT AREA: ANDTO INTRODUCE AND ENGAGE IN SERVICES WHICH PROMOTE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £108,037 for the year, causing total reserves to fall from £459,789 to £351,752. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £258,143 are below the stated policy target of six months' running costs, covering only 4.5 months of expenditure. The trustees acknowledge increased uncertainty regarding funding beyond the current financial year but confirm the charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for at least 12 months.

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 6 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carole Haygarth
• JAN BERRY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Sumner
• Jenny Catherine Elizabeth Knott
• Justine Anne Vincett
• Ruth Janice Goldman

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORTHING WOMEN'S AID.

• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• CARMARTHEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES LTD income £816k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £7.8m
• TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
• CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S AID income £605k

Side by side with its peers

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