STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE
Delivery of educational workshops and resources around issues of violence prevention including bullying. Services to work with other agencies on the prevention of violence.
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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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
“the Trustees have determined that ‘free’ reserves should be maintained which is equal to the contractual liabilities of the company.”
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Paying staff
- 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)
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
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/03/2016)
Trustees
- Nicola Hockeychair
- Adam Fouracre
- Adam Fouracre
- Amelia Rey
- Carly Anderson
- Debbie Mawer
- Eleanor Alice Grace Berry ACCA, MAAT
- Kirsty Vickery
- Steph Reynolds
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £8k | |
| THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £6k | |
| THE GROCERS' CHARITY | FY2023 | £5k | Youth |
| THE LAWSON TRUST CIO | FY2025 | £4k | |
| THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £3k | |
| SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £2k | 3 Grants |
| SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST | FY2025 | £2k | |
| MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST | FY2024 | £2k | |
| THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £1k | |
| THE NOBLE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £1k | |
| THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | amount not stated |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Community Foundation | 09/07/2026 | £1k | Stand Against Violence |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 08/07/2025 | £1k | Stand Against Violence |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 12/08/2024 | £6k | Educational county lines workshops for young people in Somerset schools |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 01/08/2024 | £2k | Providing anti-violence workshops focusing on de-escalation and personal safety skills for young people across Somerset |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 07/06/2024 | £4k | De-escalation and violence reduction workshops in Bridgwater |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/01/2024 | £10k | Expansion of Educational Services |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 04/12/2023 | £3k | Developing accessible materials in order to deliver anti-violence workshops in special schools |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 09/10/2023 | £3k | Violence prevention workshops in schools In Taunton Deane |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 28/02/2023 | £5k | Anti-violence workshops for young people in sports clubs/youth groups |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/10/2022 | £10k | County Lines Awareness for Youth Organisations |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 07/07/2022 | £5k | Violence prevention and county lines workshops in schools across Somerset |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 30/06/2022 | £2k | Gangs, grooming, and violence awareness programmes for schools |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 20/12/2021 | £4k | Grant to Stand Against Violence |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/04/2021 | £9k | Community Engagement Project |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 31/07/2020 | £10k | COVID19 Reintroducing violence prevention workshops in Somerset schools |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 24/09/2019 | £1k | Reducing violence in Somerset |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 04/02/2019 | £8k | Keeping communities safer |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 31/01/2019 | £2k | Hate Crime Awareness Grant to Stand Against Violence |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 19/12/2018 | £1k | Keeping young people safe in Taunton Deane |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 14/12/2018 | £10k | Strengething Foundations |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 03/07/2018 | £1k | Restorative Justice Interview |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 22/06/2018 | £5k | Strengthening foundations |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/03/2014 | £644 | The ISIS: Diverse Events Academy |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 05/07/2012 | £9k | Taunton Youth Cafe |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/05/2010 | £3k | Stand Against Violence |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION | 1 | £379k |
| THE NISBET TRUST | 1 | £88k |
| DOLPHIN SOCIETY | 1 | £30k |
| THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST | 1 | £23k |
| THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £20k |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | 1 | £20k |
| JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION | 1 | £20k |
| HIGHWAY ONE TRUST | 1 | £15k |
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- STAYING PUT
- SUPPORT2ACHIEVE
- NORTH BRISTOL ADVICE CENTRE
- VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY
- MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
- ASIST
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE | £132k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| STAYING PUT | £3.6m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SUPPORT2ACHIEVE | £986k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| NORTH BRISTOL ADVICE CENTRE | £592k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY | £15.9m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS | £28.2m | £110,001 - £120,000 | — | above | — | no doubt |