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Scottish Women's Aid Limited

SC001099Registered charity from 23 August 1977
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Charity Information:
Address 2nd Floor
132 Rose Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH2 3JD
Website www.womensaid.scot
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
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)
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
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.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 23 Aug 1977
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 49
Number of Volunteers: 0
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"
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"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £2,992,602 £3,319,875 16 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £2,220,532 £2,010,614 22 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £2,905,205 £2,952,850 18 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £2,944,918 £2,864,533 05 Jan 2026 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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