01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006427
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 15
- Postcode
- DG9 7RX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Wigtownshire Women's Aid is a registered charity whose mission is to support women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse living in Wigtownshire, whilst working towards a society free from domestic abuse and gender inequality. Our vision is to rid Wigtownshire of domestic abuse and where women, children and young people enjoy all of there human rights where everyone has equal opportunity to be safe and live their life to the full. We work alongside women from a time of crisis and walk each step of the way with them until they feel strong enough to live independently of us. We provide temporary refuge accommodation in Stranraer and Newton Stewart. Our outreach service provides practical and emotional support to women living in the community. Our children and young people's service provides support for children. Our prevention and awareness service provides training and education on domestic abuse and healthy relationships.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
2.1 To provide temporary refuge for women and children (if any) who have experienced abuse (mental, physical or sexual) in their home or within a relationship. 2.2 To offer support, information and help to any women, child or young person who asks for such help. 2.3 To encourage women to determine their own futures. 2.4 To provide the opportunities for the education and emotional needs of the children to be met, particularly those resident in refuges. 2.5 To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recognize their obligations, legal and otherwise, towards abused women and their children (if any) and to act accordingly towards the prevention of abuse and relief of suffering. 2.6 Mindful of the fact that abuse is the result of the position of women in society, to promote education and to inform the community and their representatives with respect to the abuse of women and its prevention. 2.7 To encourage research into the causes, the prevention and relief of such suffering and abuse. 2.8 To encourage such training both for ourselves and others as will best meet the objectives of Wigtownshire Women's Aid. 2.9 To do all other things as will properly attain the above purposes.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2026 | £719,323 | £39,561 | £677,311 | £2,451 | £0 | £0 | £722,960 | £0 | £663,533 | £59,427 | 15 | 1 October 2026 |
| 31 January 2025 | £669,168 | £72,778 | £594,577 | £1,813 | £0 | £0 | £691,951 | £0 | £627,257 | £64,694 | 15 | 30 October 2025 |
| 31 January 2024 | £656,304 | £52,587 | £599,317 | £4,400 | £0 | £0 | £642,675 | £0 | £591,559 | £51,116 | 15 | 30 August 2024 |
| 31 January 2023 | £675,599 | £58,144 | £614,382 | £3,073 | £0 | £0 | £639,594 | £0 | £593,222 | £46,372 | 15 | 18 October 2023 |
| 31 January 2022 | £637,838 | £71,740 | £565,025 | £1,073 | £0 | £0 | £614,969 | £0 | £614,396 | £573 | 15 | 31 October 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
- Alliance House, 29 Hanover Street, Stranraer
- Website supplied to OSCR
- wigwa.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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