01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC016052
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 11
- Postcode
- IV3 8DF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Inverness Women’s Aid is set up to prevent and relieve the effects of domestic abuse on women, children and young people in Inverness and the surrounding area. We work to improve safety, wellbeing and long-term outcomes for those affected by abuse, while promoting equality and challenging the attitudes and behaviours that allow domestic abuse to continue. We do this by providing confidential, trauma-informed support services, including refuge accommodation, outreach and advocacy, practical and emotional support, and specialist services for children and young people. We support women to understand their rights, make informed choices, and rebuild their lives free from abuse. We also work in partnership with other agencies and deliver awareness-raising and prevention work within the community.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To provide a temporary refuge or refuges for women and their children (if any) and to include young people between the ages of sixteen and eighteen where the women have suffered abuse (mental, physical or sexual) in their home or within a relationship. 4.2 To offer support, advice and help to any women and their children and to include young people between the ages of sixteen and eighteen who ask for help (and whether they are refuge residents) and to offer support and advice to any women and children including young people between the ages of sixteen and eighteen who have left a temporary refuge. 4.3 To encourage women to determine their own futures. 4.4 To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recognise their obligations legal and otherwise towards women and their children to include young people between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and their representatives in regard to the abuse of women and the prevention thereof. 4.5 To encourage research into the causes, the prevention and relief of suffering and abuse of women.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £554,969 | £494,417 | 11 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £545,018 | £549,261 | 11 | 18 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £536,649 | £567,930 | 11 | 21 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £561,879 | £630,450 | 11 | 13 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £629,503 | £574,642 | 11 | 31 December 2021 |
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
- 2 Anderson Street, Inverness
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.invernesswa.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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