Vale Domestic Abuse Services

Analysis

Vale Domestic Abuse Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vale of Glamorgan. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02794241). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Vale Domestic Abuse Services reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £912k to £1.2m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Vale Domestic Abuse Services sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wordsley Housing Society (£1.2m), Emmaus Oxford (£1.2m) and Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £493k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.