Registered charity · Norwich
Leeway Domestic Violence and Abuse Services
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Brenda HornerTrustee · since 2020
- Christine BirchallTrustee · since 2025
- Karen Elizabeth KnightTrustee · since 2025
- Lara NarkiewiczTrustee · since 2025
- Margaret WheelerTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew James CottonTrustee · since 2014
- MRS Judy LeggettTrustee
- Philippa DransfieldTrustee · since 2026
- Sarah GibbTrustee · since 2011
- Smile FrankishTrustee · since 2025
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
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- leewaysupport.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Leeway Domestic Violence & Abuse Services
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.5m£4.5m
- 2024£3.9m£4.0m
- 2023£3.3m£3.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.9m£3.1m
- 2021£3.1m£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 28%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR MALTREATMENT BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND FOR THE RELIEF OF OTHER WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NEED WHO ARE TEMPORARILY HOMELESS AND BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF NEED AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL FURTHER THE SAID OBJECTS.
Grants received
16 grants · £1,129,340 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 · £859,722 (4 grants)
- Comic Relief · £117,148
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £38,400
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £37,370
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Brenda Horner since 2020
- Christine Birchall since 2025
- Karen Elizabeth Knight since 2025
- Lara Narkiewicz since 2025
- Margaret Wheeler since 2025
- MRS Judy Leggett
- Matthew James Cotton since 2014
- Philippa Dransfield since 2026
- Sarah Gibb since 2011
- Smile Frankish since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew James Cotton since 2014
- Sarah Gibb since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Brenda Horner since 2020
- Christine Birchall since 2025
- Karen Elizabeth Knight since 2025
- Lara Narkiewicz since 2025
- Margaret Wheeler since 2025
- Matthew James Cotton since 2014
- Philippa Dransfield since 2026
- Sarah Gibb since 2011
- Smile Frankish since 2025
Portfolio (1)
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.
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
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1079214
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH JUNE 1996 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 06 MARCH 2010 as amended on 19 Oct 2021 as amended on 21 Jul 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 03208084 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300 561 0077 · admin@leewaynwa.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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