Registered charity · St Albans
Sahwr
The object for which the charity is established is the provision of relief of distress andsuffering to women, men and their children who are exposed to domestic abuse.
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.sahwr.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sahwr
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.0m
- 2024£1.1m£914k
- 2023£883k£782k
Earlier years
- 2022£966k£704k
- 2021£674k£665k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The object for which the charity is established is the provision of relief of distress andsuffering to women, men and their children who are exposed to domestic abuse.
Grants received
16 grants · £675,712 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 · £410,979 (3 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £100,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £55,000 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £29,491
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £23,775 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Maralyn Pollard Chair
- Fiona Skene since 2015
- Hilary Walker since 2015
- Jody Moorat since 2025
- Nicola Dawn Mitchell since 2025
- Sarah Louise Llewellyn-Jones since 2024
- Shirley Benett since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Fiona Skene since 2015
- Hilary Walker since 2015
- Shirley Benett since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Maralyn Pollard Chair
- Fiona Skene since 2015
- Hilary Walker since 2015
- Jody Moorat since 2025
- Nicola Dawn Mitchell since 2025
- Sarah Louise Llewellyn-Jones since 2024
- Shirley Benett since 2016
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
- 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
9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1069612
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 MARCH 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 APRIL 1998, 15 MAY 2007 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2007 as amended on 19 Dec 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 03526335 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01727852741 · info@sahwr.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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