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Independent Domestic Abuse Services

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to:(a) relieve the needs of persons in Yorkshire and across the UK who have been subject to or affected (whether directly or indirectly) by, or who are at risk of, domestic abuse and/or sexual...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £7.8m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Accommodation/housing
Where
North Yorkshire, Sheffield City, City Of York, Barnsley
Website
www.idas.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Independent Domestic Abuse Services
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.8m£7.6m
  • 2024£6.7m£6.6m
  • 2023£5.8m£5.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.9m£4.9m
  • 2021£4.9m£4.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 64% · Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to:(a) relieve the needs of persons in Yorkshire and across the UK who have been subject to or affected (whether directly or indirectly) by, or who are at risk of, domestic abuse and/or sexual violence; and(b) reduce the occurrence of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the UK and beyond in particular, but not exclusively, by:(i) providing accommodation, support and advice;(ii) providing single sex services, including refuge accommodation and therapeutic groups for women;(iii) undertaking research and providing information, training and education about domestic abuse and sexual violence including its causes, consequences and prevention; and(iv) raising public awareness about domestic abuse and sexual violenceand in this article, “domestic abuse” means physical, sexual, emotional, financial or coercive control within an intimate or family relationship.

Grants received

22 grants · £1,081,697 total

360Giving 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

  • Access to Justice Foundation · £312,403
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £203,454
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £203,454 (3 grants)
  • Ministry of Justice · £122,438 (2 grants)
  • Ministry of Defence · £117,665

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 11Education/training 11Amateur Sport 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 12Education 4Business services 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.6 in 2021

168 from 124 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
81%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1102337
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 DECEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 13 SEPTEMBER 2007, 12 FEBRUARY 2009 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28 MARCH 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 AUG 2016 as amended on 06 Apr 2023
Companies House
Company number 04984337 · Active
Contact on the register
03000 110 110 · boardsecretary@idas.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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