Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service

Analysis

Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellingborough. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02978532). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre (£1.7m), Sufra - NW London (£1.7m) and The Joe and Rosa Frenkel Charitable Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, donations and legacies 4.4% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £782k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.