LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED

Registered charity 1095540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LINE

Provides face to face counselling and support for women aged thirteen and over who have experienced rape or sexual abuse recently or in the past.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO RELIEVE THE TRAUMA AND DISTRESS OF THE VICTIMS, AND FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THEREOF, OF RAPE, INDECENT ASSAULT, SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£295k
Latest spending
£321k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £26,627, reducing unrestricted reserves to £57,478. The trustees acknowledge the financial position is fragile but consider current funding sufficient for ongoing operations. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a reasonable level of reserves designed to provide sufficient resources for the charitable company to continue in operation for the foreseeable future (held: £57k)
“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain a reasonable level of reserves designed to provide sufficient resources for the charitable company to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£295k£321k
31/03/2024£255k£284k
31/03/2023£257k£259k
31/03/2022£237k£289k
31/03/2021£194k£153k

Common questions

Is LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £26,627, reducing unrestricted reserves to £57,478. The trustees acknowledge the financial position is fragile but consider current funding sufficient for ongoing operations. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£949Celebration of Women for IWD
The National Lottery Community Fund09/11/2018£10kBuilding hope

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIRST STEP LEICESTER LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED£295k—0unclear—no doubt
FIRST STEP LEICESTER LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND FY2025£304k—0above—no doubt
COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE RAPE CRISIS FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS SERVICE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE) FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.