DONCASTER RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE COUNSELLING SERVICE

Registered charity 1130947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DRASACS

Services for people who have suffered any form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, and for those who support them, including one to one counselling, group work, telephone help line, independent sexual violence advocacy, information, training, education, and awareness raising. Primarily covers Doncaster Metropolitan Borough area.

Objects

1.TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED SEXUAL ASSAULT, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING A COUNSELLING SERVICE. 2. TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL DISTRESS OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING AND/OR CARING FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A THIRD PARTY/PARTIES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING, GROUPWORK AND INFORMATION. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, BY RAISING AWARENESS, AND PROMOTING AND/OR CONDUCTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AROUND THE ISSUES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

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

Registered contact address: Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £48,691 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decrease in grant funding against fixed costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves fell to £304,605, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure (approximately £400,000).

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 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.

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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06920524

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit — “Our Funders South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit” (source page)
• The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation — “The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation” (source page)
• NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board — “NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board” (source page)
• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority — “South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority” (source page)
• BBC Children in Need — “BBC Children in Need” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• THOMAS, Dawn Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/04/2018on trustee list
• LISTER, David James — director, appointed 25/01/2012on trustee list
• ATKINSON, Kirsten Ruth — director, appointed 24/08/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LISTERchair
• Dawn Thomas
• KIRSTEN RUTH ATKINSON

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE.

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £836k
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £976k
• DOMESTIC ABUSE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT SERVICES income £575k
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE COUNSELLING CENTRE (DARLINGTON AND COUNTY DURHAM) CIO income £911k
• DEVON RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE SERVICES income £662k
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE) income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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