Society Without Abuse

Registered charity 1175148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWINDON WOMEN'S AID, Swindon Domestic Abuse Support Service

The charity undertakes activity which aims to reduce the prevalence of, and harm caused by domestic abuse, and aids recovery for victims and survivors. This includes, but is not limited to, behaviour change work for people causing harm in relationships, healthy relationship education for young people, 1:1 and group recovery for adult and child victim/survivors, training and education.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE BY PROVIDING SERVICES FOCUSED ON: 1. SUPPORT AND RECOVERY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN SUFFERING OR WITNESSING DOMESTIC ABUSE2. INTERVENTION WITH PERPETRATORS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF ABUSE AND 3. EDUCATION TO PROMOTE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TO PREVENT ABUSE AND TO WORK TOWARDS A SOCIETY WHICH RECOGNISES AND SEEKS TO ERADICATE ABUSE.

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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Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £15,830 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to operational changes and non-recurring property acquisition costs. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £673,305, which significantly exceed its stated £300,000 contingency reserve policy. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by cash reserves and ongoing funder support.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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)

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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: SURVIVOR@SWA LIMITED Companies House 12116390

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Society Without Abuse (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £410k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICOLA ALBERRYchair
• Angus Macpherson
• Beverley Turton
• Catherine Sarah Groombridge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Jane Gardner
• Mark Anthony Bates
• Paula Lender-Swain

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST SURREY DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE.

• SOUTH WEST SURREY DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £923k
• SAFETY WELLBEING AND CHALLENGING ABUSE income £1.1m
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £10.0m
• DOMESTIC ABUSE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT SERVICES income £575k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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