# BERKSHIRE WOMEN'S AID

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1050484
- **Other names:** BWA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 8, 1995
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1050484


## Contact

- **Address:** GREEN PARK, 100 LONGWATER AVENUE, READING
- **Postcode:** RG2 6GP
- **Phone:** 01189500182
- **Email:** info@bwaid.org.uk
- **Website:** www.berkshirewomensaid.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit to provide for the relief of need, hardship or distress among persons who are victims of, or in fear of, domestic violence and/or abuse, and to reduce the occurrence of domestic abuse, in particular but not exclusively by providing refuge, advocacy, items, services, facilities or practical support, by raising public awareness of domestic abuse issues or in such other ways as the trustees may from time to time decide.Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom

**Activities:** Provision of support, information and refuge accommodation to people, adults and children, who have experienced domestic abuse.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- West Berkshire
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1736775 | £1753608 | £2727108 | 43 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1598508 | £1627810 | £2736375 | 41 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1962502 | £1520703 | £2801092 | 41 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1219242 | £1275250 | £2092232 | 38 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1706783 | £1257941 | £1784470 | 40 |



## Trustees

- **Minaz Beddall** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 21, 2020
- Chaya Kumudini Howard — appointed April 5, 2023
- Elizabeth Stead — appointed May 21, 2025
- Emma Louise Victoria Young — appointed Nov. 30, 2022
- Fiona Jones — appointed March 29, 2017
- Gemma Hooper — appointed Jan. 17, 2024
- Kathryn Baddeley — appointed Jan. 15, 2015
- Vicki Lambourne — appointed July 23, 2025