ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE LTD
Registered charity 1185078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AAFDA LTD
Support & advocacy for families by provision of information & providing advocates throughout the criminal justice process & statutory reviews arising as a resulting of domestic abuseWorking with organisations to improve guidelines, processes & practises. Provides education & training in all aspects of Domestic Homicide Reviews, preventing domestic abuse & working with those bereaved by homicide.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year in surplus with unrestricted reserves of £409,843, which the trustees report is just over five months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operation.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of budgeted operating costs (held: £410k)
“the Trustees aim to maintain free reserves (which exclude restricted grants) equivalent to between three to six months of budgeted operating costs.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by David Owen & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — AAFDA (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- The Henry Smith Charity — “Supported by The Henry Smith Charity” (source page)
- Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — “Supported by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation” (source page)
- OPCC Norfolk — “Supported by OPCC Norfolk” (source page)
- OPCC Dyfed-Powys — “Supported by OPCC Dyfed-Powys” (source page)
- OPCC Humberside — “Supported by OPCC Humberside” (source page)
- OPCC South Wales — “Supported by OPCC South Wales” (source page)
- OPCC North Wales — “Supported by OPCC North Wales” (source page)
- OPCC Avon & Somerset — “Supported by OPCC Avon & Somerset” (source page)
- OPCC Surrey — “Supported by OPCC Surrey” (source page)
- OPCC Derbyshire — “Supported by OPCC Derbyshire” (source page)
- OPCC Kent — “Supported by OPCC Kent” (source page)
- OPCC West Midlands — “Supported by OPCC West Midlands” (source page)
- OPCC Thames Valley — “Supported by OPCC Thames Valley” (source page)
- OPCC West Yorkshire — “Supported by OPCC West Yorkshire” (source page)
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority — “Supported by Greater Manchester Combined Authority” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£96k
Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- James David Neil O'Sullivanchair
- Angelique Nicole Arnold
- Eleni Anastasiadou
- John Lenihan
- Rebecca Anne Perryman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in surplus with unrestricted reserves of £409,843, which the trustees report is just over five months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by David Owen & Co.
Who funds ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE LTD as a grant recipient include THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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