HULL WOMEN'S AID

Registered charity 1160440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HWA

HWA supports women, children & young people that are suffering or have suffered domestic abuse to establish safe independent lives. Core work is delivered in a secure refuge for women & children. Support is also delivered on outreach basis to women, children & young people. HWA delivers training and awareness raising programmes and also works in partnership with statutory and voluntary bodies.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£755k
Latest spending
£906k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £150,663 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £867,495 to £716,832. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to meet their target and ensure continuity of services, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hull Women's Aid (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£755k
Total spending
£906k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£40k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£755k£906k
31/03/2024£807k£923k
31/03/2023£876k£850k
31/03/2022£686k£727k
31/03/2021£842k£690k

Common questions

Is HULL WOMEN'S AID financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £150,663 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £867,495 to £716,832. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to meet their target and ensure continuity of services, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Smailes Goldie.

Who funds HULL WOMEN'S AID?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HULL WOMEN'S AID as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, ANN WATSON'S TRUST, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUND.

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
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2025£20kHull Women's Aid
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£20kSupport teenage girls experiencing domestic abuse
UK government05/06/2020£96kDomestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund

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 HAVERING WOMEN'S AID.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HULL WOMEN'S AID£755k—0within—no doubt
HAVERING WOMEN'S AID FY2025£664k—0unclear—no doubt
WORTHING WOMEN'S AID FY2025£714k—0above—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL WOMEN'S AID FY2024£8.3m——below—no doubt
FYLDE COAST WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S AID LIMITED FY2025£720k——unclear—no doubt

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