BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES

Registered charity 1193685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity aims to prevent destitution and relieve poverty and distress/suffering experienced by women and their children, particularly migrant women who have suffered domestic abuse, through the provision of support, education, advice, advocacy and accommodation and by such other means as the trustees think fit with improving the conditions of their life.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PREVENT DESTITUTION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS/SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY MIGRANT WOMEN WHO HAVE SUFFERED DOMESTIC ABUSE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND ACCOMMODATION AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT WITH IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR LIFE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £99,024 against a policy target of approximately one month's running costs, indicating reserves are above the stated policy. However, the accounts note that key funding streams for staff salaries are ending in September 2025, with some costs covered by reserves until further long-term funding is secured.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beauty for Ashes Refuges (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amunah Anthony
• Khadijat Oluwatosin Adesina
• Nadia Hanley

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DASH CHARITY.

• THE DASH CHARITY income £824k
• HAIR AND BEAUTY CHARITY income £277k
• AMADUDU WOMEN'S REFUGE income £583k
• BEAUTY BANKS income £290k
• WORTHING WOMEN'S AID income £714k
• TAUNTON WOMENS AID income £36k

Side by side with its peers

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