STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE

Registered charity 1156451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE1

Delivery of educational workshops and resources around issues of violence prevention including bullying. Services to work with other agencies on the prevention of violence.

Objects

TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE. IN PARTICULAR TO DISCOURAGE THEM FROM ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND VIOLENT CRIME BY MAKING THEM AWARE OF ITS CONSEQUENCES, IN ORDER TO REDUCE AND PREVENT FUTURE VIOLENCE.TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE REDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AND IMPROVING SAFETY IN COMMUNITIES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.

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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Latest income
£132k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,155 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £41,124. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring free reserves equal to contractual liabilities, a target which the current unrestricted funds exceed. The charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: equal to the contractual liabilities of the company (held: £41k)
“the Trustees have determined that ‘free’ reserves should be maintained which is equal to the contractual liabilities of the company.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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)

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

  • Government income: £46,737 — grants £46,737 (3); 26% of the £177,758 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stand Against Violence (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£132k£125k
31/03/2024£166k£137k
31/03/2023£178k£239k
31/03/2022£149k£217k
31/03/2021£129k£117k

Common questions

Is STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,155 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £41,124. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring free reserves equal to contractual liabilities, a target which the current unrestricted funds exceed. The charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE as a grant recipient include THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST, SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation09/07/2026£1kStand Against Violence
Somerset Community Foundation08/07/2025£1kStand Against Violence
Somerset Community Foundation12/08/2024£6kEducational county lines workshops for young people in Somerset schools
Somerset Community Foundation01/08/2024£2kProviding anti-violence workshops focusing on de-escalation and personal safety skills for young people across Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation07/06/2024£4kDe-escalation and violence reduction workshops in Bridgwater
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£10kExpansion of Educational Services
Somerset Community Foundation04/12/2023£3kDeveloping accessible materials in order to deliver anti-violence workshops in special schools
Somerset Community Foundation09/10/2023£3kViolence prevention workshops in schools In Taunton Deane
Somerset Community Foundation28/02/2023£5kAnti-violence workshops for young people in sports clubs/youth groups
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2022£10kCounty Lines Awareness for Youth Organisations
Somerset Community Foundation07/07/2022£5kViolence prevention and county lines workshops in schools across Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation30/06/2022£2kGangs, grooming, and violence awareness programmes for schools
Somerset Community Foundation20/12/2021£4kGrant to Stand Against Violence
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2021£9kCommunity Engagement Project
Somerset Community Foundation31/07/2020£10kCOVID19 Reintroducing violence prevention workshops in Somerset schools
Somerset Community Foundation24/09/2019£1kReducing violence in Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation04/02/2019£8kKeeping communities safer
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/01/2019£2kHate Crime Awareness Grant to Stand Against Violence
Somerset Community Foundation19/12/2018£1kKeeping young people safe in Taunton Deane
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2018£10kStrengething Foundations
Somerset Community Foundation03/07/2018£1kRestorative Justice Interview
Somerset Community Foundation22/06/2018£5kStrengthening foundations
The National Lottery Community Fund26/03/2014£644The ISIS: Diverse Events Academy
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2012£9kTaunton Youth Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2010£3kStand Against Violence

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAYING PUT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE£132k—0unclear—no doubt
STAYING PUT FY2026£3.6m——unclear—no doubt
SUPPORT2ACHIEVE FY2025£986k—0unclear—noted
NORTH BRISTOL ADVICE CENTRE FY2025£592k—0unclear—no doubt
VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY FY2025£15.9m——unclear—no doubt
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS FY2025£28.2m£110,001 - £120,000—above—no doubt

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