01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC005241
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 12
- Postcode
- KW15 1AX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To raise awareness of domestic abuse and provide support for women. young people and children who have been affected. We also provide temporary accommodation when needed.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of which the Groups is established are to educate the public on the subject of domestic violence and abuse and to develop services to relieve the suffering due to domestic abuse, and in furtherance thereof:- a) To provide temporary refuge for women and their children (if any)where the women have suffered abuse (mental, physical or sexual) in their home or within a relationship with a partner or family. b) To offer support, information and help to any woman and their childres (if any) who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residence and also to offer support and information to any woman and children who have left temporary refuge. c) To encourage women to determine their own futures d) To work with housing agencies to encourage the provision of permanent housing for abused women and their children (if any)
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £457,316 | £431,627 | 12 | 6 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £424,943 | £450,001 | 12 | 18 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £448,528 | £453,712 | 12 | 8 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £386,126 | £396,919 | 12 | 25 October 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £407,592 | £405,589 | 12 | 21 January 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- WAO Office, Pheonix House, Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/womensaid
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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