Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre Limited

Analysis

Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01338724). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre Limited reported income of £536k and spending of £494k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £380k to £536k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre Limited sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amity Educational Foundation (£535k), Shrewsbury Drapers Holy Cross Limited (£538k) and Charity for the Sisters of Mercy Midhurst (£532k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 26% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £28k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £166k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.