# Scottish Women's Aid Limited

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC001099
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Aug. 23, 1977
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC001099


## Contact

- **Address:** 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH2 3JD
- **Website:** www.womensaid.scot



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation'

**What the charity does:** Scottish Women’s Aid is the lead organisation in Scotland working to end domestic abuse. We are both a children’s rights and a women’s rights organisation.  We directly campaign to institutions and leaders for policies and laws that address the drivers of women’s inequality and improve responses to domestic abuse.  We provide training to public and private bodies to educate them on how to effectively respond to survivors, which reduces survivor trauma and increases their safety. We raise the profile of domestic abuse nationally and internationally so that domestic abuse is treated like the critical threat to human rights that it is. We run Scotland’s 24-Hour Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline to ensure help is always available while actively supporting a network of 33 specialist local Women’s Aid services that directly support and provide refuge to women and children.

**Beneficiaries:** 'Children or young people','Older People','People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies'

**Objectives:** The company's objects are (a) To encourage the provision of temporary refuge for women and their children where the woman has been abused (mentally, physically and/or sexually) in her home or by a partner with whom she is or has been in a relationship or by a family member.  Scottish Women's Aid provides a service for women whether or not they have children. (b)  To offer support, information and help to women and their children who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residents and also to offer support and information to any woman and children who have left a temporary refuge. (c)  To provide equal opportunities for, and participation of, women in society to enable them to determine their own futures. (d)  To provide opportunites to meet the educational and emotional needs of children particularly those resident in refuges, of women using the services of Scottish Women's Aid. (e)  To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recognise their obligations, legal and otherwise, towards women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse and to act accordingly towards the prevention of abuse and to provide help and support to women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. (f)  To promote education and to inform the community and their representatives including the media, the police, the judicial system, the social services and other authorities with respect to the abuse of women and its prevention. (g)  To encourage research into the causes, prevention and help required by women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. (h)  To encourage such training both for the Company and others as will best meet the objects of Scottish Women's Aid (maximum text reached, further full information can be obtaned directly from the Charity)





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2944918 | £2864533 |  -  | 49 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £2905205 | £2952850 |  -  | 45 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £2220532 | £2010614 |  -  | 38 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £2992602 | £3319875 |  -  | 44 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £4370333 | £4057719 |  -  | 35 |  |






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