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Border Women's Aid Ltd

SC013951Registered charity from 06 November 1989
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Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Border Womens Aid
Address Border Women's Aid Ltd
West Port
HAWICK
Scottish Borders
Postcode TD9 0BG
Website www.borderwomensaid.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objectives of the Association will be as follows:- A) To provide, on request, temporary refuge for women (and / their children, if any) who have suffered mental, physical or sexual abuse in a domestic situation or otherwise. B) To encourage women to determine their own futures and support them, in any decision they take , C) To recognise and care for the educational and emotional needs of the children involved. D) To offer advice and support to any women with difficulties other than those specified above, to the best of the Association's abilities. E) To offer support and advice to any woman who is the victim of violence, whether or not she wishes to be resident in the refuge. F) To educate and inform the public, the police, the social services and other statutory or voluntary bodies with regard to the causes, prevention and relief of such abuse and suffering. G) To provide appropriate training for members of the Association paid workers and volunteers in all areas pertaining to women's needs.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Border Women's Aid is a service for women run by women. We provide specialist support to women who are at risk of, experiencing or recovering from domestic abuse. Women are supported to increase their safety and to understand the dynamics of domestic abuse and begin to plan for a life free from the threat of domestic abuse by building on their strengths whilst developing the knowledge, skills and tools they need to determine their own future. We offer: Refuge - two welcoming self-contained refuge spaces for women and their children, 2) outreach - 1: 1 support to women either in person, or by telephone. We deliver Own My Life group support and education in prevention by delivering the Escape the TRAP (Teenage Relationship Abuse Prevention) programme in all secondary schools in the Scottish Borders. We engage with partner agencies to provide holistic support to women and children. We also work to raise awareness of our services and domestic abuse in general.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 06 Nov 1989
Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
Number of Staff: 7
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Other defined groups"
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 2021 £231,909 £148,443 28 Oct 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £209,876 £177,119 28 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £249,934 £211,979 21 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £209,146 £226,715 26 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £291,960 £227,287 24 Dec 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
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
Sharon Thomas
Aidan Nicol
Jacqueline Bennett
Eibhlin McHugh
Anna Knox
Florence Minnis
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