ESCAPING VICTIMHOOD

Registered charity 1121708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We run residential, experiential workshops for those who have been affected by serious crime so that they can begin to place their experience into the context of their lives and be able to choose to restore past roles and relationships. Through this work we hope to inform other groups and agencies about the potential to meet the unmet needs of victims of serious crimes.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UK WHO ARE IN NEED, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF CRIME OR DISASTER AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON RELIEVING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA SUFFERED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION.B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS BY RESEARCH INTO ISSUES RELATING TO THE VICTIMS OF CRIME OR DISASTER AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL EFFECTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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

Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £36,284 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves falling to £38,653 from £77,817 the previous year. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. Funding remains a concern, with the charity relying on donations, grants, and support from the Homicide Service.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Moira Fund — “Our current funders include:- The National Homicide Service – delivery partner The Moira Fund Police and Crime Commissioners National Lotter…” (source page)
• Police and Crime Commissioners — “Our current funders include:- The National Homicide Service – delivery partner The Moira Fund Police and Crime Commissioners National Lotter…” (source page)
• National Lottery Awards for All — “Our current funders include:- The National Homicide Service – delivery partner The Moira Fund Police and Crime Commissioners National Lotter…” (source page)
• Isle of Wight Quakers — “Our current funders include:- The National Homicide Service – delivery partner The Moira Fund Police and Crime Commissioners National Lotter…” (source page)
• Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Trust — “Our current funders include:- The National Homicide Service – delivery partner The Moira Fund Police and Crime Commissioners National Lotter…” (source page)
• Monday Charitable Trust — “Our current funders include:- The National Homicide Service – delivery partner The Moira Fund Police and Crime Commissioners National Lotter…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nigel Byfordchair
• Amandipkaur Singh
• Lisa Shone
• TIM NEWELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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