NENE VALLEY CHRISTIAN FAMILY REFUGE LIMITED

Registered charity 298154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N V C F R LTD

Provision of refuge accommodation and community support for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. Provision of education and support to the abusive partners and ex-partners of men and women fleeing domestic abuse.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN AND/OR CHILDREN WHO HAVE IN ANY WAY BEEN PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY MALTREATED BY ANY PERSON LIVING WITH THEM OR OTHERWISE. TO PROVIDE A REFUGE/S OR HESTEL/S OR ANY OTHER ACCOMMODATION TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND MORAL GUIDANCE AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE SAID OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE NORTHAMPTON

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: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £38,435 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £855,882 and total expenditure of £817,447. The trustees state that general free reserves of £261,774 are above their stated policy target of approximately £204,000 (three months of running costs). The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 27/02/2024, 27 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02226878

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nene Valley Christian Family Refuge Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• VAN ROOYEN, Susanne — director, appointed 16/07/2018not on trustee list
• WHIPP, Simon — director, appointed 24/04/2017not on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Emma Louise — director, appointed 15/08/2016not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susanne VAN ROOYENchair
• Emma FLETCHER
• Simon WHIPP

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE.

• NOTRE DAME REFUGEE CENTRE income £379k
• WELWYN HATFIELD WOMEN'S REFUGE AND SUPPORT SERVICES income £503k
• NORTH DEVON AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE LIMITED income £1.2m
• WEST WALES DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE LTD income £1.2m
• THE NENE VALLEY CARE TRUST income £66k
• THE ELM FOUNDATION LTD income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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