Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S AID

Provision of services to women and children affected by domestic abuse. Services include advice, support and safe accommodation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£671	£628	£43	£0	£729	£409	7.8	11	20
31/03/22		£678	£590	£88	£0	£686	£359	7.3	14	2
31/03/21		£733	£564	£169	£0	£598	£301	6.4	12	0
31/03/20	*	£674	£607	£67	£0	£429	£183	3.6	13	7
31/03/19		£521	£519	£2	£0	£362	£154	3.6	11	5
31/03/18		£470	£469	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£429	£409	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£467	£432	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£445	£400	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£391	£392	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£414	£380	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£416	£396	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£397	£192	£205	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 56%
Reserves/Spending: 7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 15.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 14 years

www.cambridgewa.org.uk

admin@cambridgewa.org.uk

01223 350764

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rosa UK - VftF R5-CAMAID-2022
£6,000	15/12/2022	£6,000 has been awarded to Cambridge Women's Aid to run focus groups for women who are survivors of domestic abuse. The focus groups will provide an avenue to speak up and influence change by having ....more £6,000 has been awarded to Cambridge Women's Aid to run focus groups for women who are survivors of domestic abuse. The focus groups will provide an avenue to speak up and influence change by having conversations with representatives of relevant agencies such as the police and social services.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Women’s Aid
£2,800	20/04/2020 11	to provide tablets with video conferencing capabilities to families currently residing in the refuge as well as to future incoming families and to improve IT facilities at the refuge to allow ....more to provide tablets with video conferencing capabilities to families currently residing in the refuge as well as to future incoming families and to improve IT facilities at the refuge to allow continued and consistent access to specialist support services as all services are now being provided virtually/remotely. There is a pop up site currently being established to house new families as there is a massive rise in domestic abuse cases expected due to the social and economic impacts from the coronavirus. These devices will be particularly important for the families at the pop up site as they will be living away from the normal refuge and it is particularly important that they are able to connect by video calling with support workers
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£50,000	01/11/2018	The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/08/2010, number: 1137602
Registered at Companies House on 24/05/2010, number: 07263026

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR20: 215 days late,

Main office

CAMBRIDGE WOMENS AID
PO BOX 302
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 1EA

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;(2) TO RELIEVE THE AFOREMENTIONED WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NEED BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AND BY THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO RELIEVING THEIR NEED;(3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PARTNER AGENCIES IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF, AND TO UNDERTAKE OR CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH WHERE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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