CHAYN

Registered charity 1196098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAYN CIC · filing overdue (register status)

Chayn is a global nonprofit, run by survivors and allies from around the world, creating resources to support the healing of survivors of gender-based violence. We create open, online resources and services for survivors of abuse that are trauma-informed, intersectional, multi-lingual and feminist.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS SUFFERED BY THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING ONLINE SERVICES INCLUDING INFORMATION, GUIDES AND SUPPORT; AND(B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE INCLUDING THROUGH RESEARCH ANDTRAINING.GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS DEFINED AS HARMFUL ACTS DIRECTED AT AN INDIVIDUAL BASED ON THEIR GENDER AND INCLUDES DOMESTIC ABUSE (WHICH MEANS PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL AND/OR MENTAL ABUSE WITHIN AN INTIMATE OR ‘FAMILY’ RELATIONSHIP), RAPE, HARASSMENT, SEX-TRAFFICKING, TECH-ENABLED HARASSMENT OR ABUSE, AND REPRODUCTIVE VIOLENCE.

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: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 28/10/2025, 270 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 15/05/2024, 105 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/02/2023, 3 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 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 (67% 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: 17.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Pamela Maria Zaballachair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hira Diwan
• Kathryn Kosmides
• Nighat Dad · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · France · Germany · India · Italy · Lebanon · Mexico · Pakistan · South Africa

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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