Registered charity · Blackpool
Fylde Coast Women's AID
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Lancashire, Blackpool
- Website
- www.fcwa.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Fylde Coast Women's AID
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.2m
- 2024£1.2m£1.1m
- 2023£1.3m£978k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.0m£937k
- 2021£1.1m£847k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF WOMAN IN BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE AND ADJACENT AREAS. 2.TO RELIEVE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN GRAVELY OR PERSISTENTLY MALTREATED OR ABUSED AND ANY CHILDREN OF SUCH WOMEN BY ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFUGE TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCH WOMEN AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THEIR CHILDREN. 3.TO RELIEVE WOMEN FROM THE EFFECTS OF SUCH VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING AND DEVELOPING A SUPPORT NETWORK OF PEOPLE COMMITTED TO RELIEVING THE SAID DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING SUBJECT TO MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE. 4.TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH WOMEN.
Grants received
31 grants · £2,573,202 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,333,864 (8 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £379,600 (3 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £208,700 (5 grants)
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £189,759 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £161,159 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Nicola Dewhurst Chair since 2013
- Barbara Pawelczak since 2025
- Catherine Mary Holder
- Deana Whalley since 2012
- Laura Lawler since 2013
- SUE Crouch since 2013
- Tracy Caroline Manning since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicola Dewhurst Chair since 2013
- Deana Whalley since 2012
- Laura Lawler since 2013
- SUE Crouch since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Nicola Dewhurst Chair since 2013
- Barbara Pawelczak since 2025
- Catherine Mary Holder
- Deana Whalley since 2012
- Laura Lawler since 2013
- SUE Crouch since 2013
- Tracy Caroline Manning since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
15.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1022548
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/1993AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17/02/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/06/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 02806677 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01253752014 · info@fcwa.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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