WEARSIDE WOMEN IN NEED

Registered charity 1181932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WWiN Specialist Domestic Abuse Service

WWiN provides a range of direct community support services and supported accommodation for adults and children affected by domestic abuse.The Charity also delivers a range of prevention services:(i) Direct work with perpetrators of domestic abuse(ii) Delivery of training, awareness raising and community engagement (iii) Advocacy and support to family and friends

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by S&W Audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. The auditors performed procedures including data analytics and obtaining third-party evidence for donations and grants to ensure correct recognition. The report confirms the audit work was undertaken to state matters to the charitable company's members.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WWIN Specialist Domestic Abuse Services (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£685
Reserves (reported)
£951k
Employees
58

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.4m£2.2m
31/03/2024£2.4m£2.1m
31/03/2023£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.8m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.7m£1.3m

Common questions

Is WEARSIDE WOMEN IN NEED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by S&W Audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. The auditors performed procedures including data analytics and obtaining third-party evidence for donations and grants to ensure correct recognition. The report confirms the audit work was undertaken to state matters to the charitable company's members. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

Who funds WEARSIDE WOMEN IN NEED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEARSIDE WOMEN IN NEED as a grant recipient include Point North Community Foundation, Jill and Norman Franklin Trust, THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Point North Community FoundationFY2022£231kNHS Charities Together / Health Improvement
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2026£42kWomens Aid
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2025£37kWomens Aid - DV
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2024£33kWomens Aid - DV
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£30k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2023£30k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East27/03/2025£1kGrant to Wearside Women in Need
Community Foundation North East11/08/2022£3kGrant to Wearside Women in Need
Community Foundation North East14/04/2022£1kGrant to Wearside Women in Need
UK government26/06/2020£16kDomestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
UK government05/06/2020£47kDomestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
UK government02/10/2019£100kTampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
UK government02/10/2019£50kTampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
Community Foundation North East08/03/2019£2kFuture proof planning

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 JEWINS WOMEN 2 WOMEN LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEARSIDE WOMEN IN NEED£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
JEWINS WOMEN 2 WOMEN LIMITED FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
WEAR VALLEY WOMEN'S AID LIMITED FY2025£333k—0unclear—noted
WOMEN'S AID FEDERATION OF ENGLAND FY2025£5.5m——unclear—no doubt
NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£536k—0within—noted

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