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Independent Domestic Abuse Services

York Women's Aid

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1102337
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 25, 2004
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
York

Address

Address
39
Blossom Street
York
YO24 1AQ

Contact

Activities

Provides refuge accommodation, advice, advocacy, and practical support for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.

Objects: The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to:(a) relieve the needs of persons in Yorkshire and across the UK who have been subject to or affected (whether directly or indirectly) by, or who are at risk of, domestic abuse and/or sexual violence; and(b) reduce the occurrence of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the UK and beyond in particular, but not exclusively, by:(i) providing accommodation, support and advice;(ii) providing single sex services, including refuge accommodation and therapeutic groups for women;(iii) undertaking research and providing information, training and education about domestic abuse and sexual violence including its causes, consequences and prevention; and(iv) raising public awareness about domestic abuse and sexual violenceand in this article, “domestic abuse” means physical, sexual, emotional, financial or coercive control within an intimate or family relationship.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, Accommodation/housing
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Barnsley, City Of York, North Yorkshire, Sheffield City

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £7,787,566 £7,568,388 £2,128,141 168
March 31, 2024 £6,743,060 £6,627,038 £1,920,420 160
March 31, 2023 £5,836,915 £5,759,316 £1,713,279 155
March 31, 2022 £4,868,004 £4,919,159 £1,683,270 147
March 31, 2021 £4,870,902 £4,383,171 £1,707,601 124

Trustees

Name Appointed
Catriona Jane Acklam (Chair) April 13, 2023
Alana Jessie Shephard Wilde Sept. 5, 2024
Alison Seabrooke Oct. 28, 2019
Gemma Kathryn Umpleby April 13, 2023
Jennifer Allott June 12, 2025
Jessica Joan Richards Jan. 1, 2025
Julia Mulligan Jan. 10, 2020
Martin Walker Sept. 13, 2017
Professor Vanita Sundaram June 3, 2021
Victoria Louise Inness March 27, 2025