ARCH Teesside

Registered charity 1154766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARCH (NORTH EAST)

Providing counselling, help and support to those who have suffered sexual abuse, child abuse, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse or male or female rape. We support those over 14 years old. Our centre is based in Middlesbrough providing services across Teesside.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE THE TRAUMA AND DISTRESS OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT; AND2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SEXUAL ASSAULT AND IN THE EFFECTS ON THE VICTIM AND THEIR FAMILIES

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,145 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £381,823, which equates to approximately five months of running costs, while the stated reserves policy target is nine months of running costs. The trustees note that the funding climate remains challenging and that diversifying income streams to generate unrestricted funds is a strategic priority.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ARCH Teesside (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/08/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Strange
• Louise Tanya Wattis
• Megan Hamilton
• Rachel Taylor
• Tania Green
• WENDY KELLY

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

Operates in: Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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