GETAWAY GIRLS

Registered charity 703003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Young women's youth work charity

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROVISION, AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR FEMALE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF LEEDS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT"), OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, AND FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: CITY OF LEEDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £59,307 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £364,626 against total expenditure of £305,319. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £118,934, which is within the stated policy target of maintaining between 3 and 6 months of operational costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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 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
• 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• DIY SOS — “We love our new building built through a partnership of DIY SOS and lots of volunteers.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £270k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Manisha Guptachair
• Liz Sharkey
• MS D LAW
• Rebecca Forrester
• Rhianna Edmeade
• Sarah Hussain
• Sharandeep Flora
• Shirleecia Ward
• Taija Campbell
• VICKY TREHERNE

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Young Womens Project.

• Young Womens Project income £443k
• YOUNG WOMEN'S HUB LTD income £364k
• THE GIRLS' NETWORK income £1.3m
• GATE WAY TRUST income £480k
• YOUNG LADIES CLUB income £204k
• MY FOUNDATION income £430k

Side by side with its peers

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