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Registered charity · Milton Keynes

AVA (Against Violence and Abuse)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
WWW.OPUSTLP.COM (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
AVA (Against Violence and Abuse)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023£1.2m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£744k£803k
  • 2021£784k£630k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1.1 PROMOTE EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN;3.1.2 ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ISSUES RELATING TO INEQUALITY BETWEEN MEN ANDWOMEN, AND IN ISSUES RELATING TO VIOLENCE AND ABUSE;3.I.3 PROVIDE EDUCATION, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO VICTIMS AND POTENTIALVICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, AND TOCHILDREN AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, AND TO AGENCIES ANDINDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS;3.1.4 ADVANCE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF VICTIMS AND POTENTIAL VICTIMS, SURVIVORS, AND PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, AND CHILDREN AFFECTEDBY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, AND TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT THE HARDSHIP ANDDISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS;3.1.5 UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN RELATION TO ENDING VIOLENCEAND ABUSE AND HELPING THOSE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

Grants received

27 grants · £3,541,780 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,104,310 (6 grants)
  • London Councils · £944,987
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £299,134
  • City Bridge Trust · £234,500 (2 grants)
  • Comic Relief · £210,174 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Trust for London £6,8552022-09-29
  • London Councils £944,9872021-11-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £379,9002021-11-16
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £397,9002021-11-16
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £101,8002021-11-16
Board analysis for researchers

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.

5 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5Other Charitable Purposes 5

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

Tech and media 5Arts and leisure 3Business services 1

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 3 years.
2021
2022
2023
incomespending£1.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2022 and 2023
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021

14 from 12 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.
49%
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
1134713
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 DECEMBER 2009
Companies House
Company number 07092449 · Liquidation
Contact on the register
01908 752942 · KATHRYN.SMITH@OPUSLLP.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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