RAPE CRISIS ENGLAND & WALES

Registered charity 1155140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of Rape Crisis England & Wales are to relieve the trauma and distress of women and girls, their families and friends, who have experienced any form of sexual violence. RCEW does this through support and promotion of Rape Crisis Centres and through raising awareness of the issues of sexual violence in the wider community and with local and national government.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £350,000 from £531,073 in the prior year, a level the trustees consider adequate to meet operational costs and risks. The charity reports a net expenditure of £322,748 and notes a challenging economic environment with reduced funding availability, prompting a focus on income diversification.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).
• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rape Crisis England & Wales (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).

• Sheila McKechnie Foundation — “Alex Jones - Head of Programmes, Sheila McKechnie Foundation” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Betsy Stanko
• Helen Kell
• Jackie May
• Meera Kulkarni
• Nahar Choudhury
• Natalie Thompson
• Taryn Lister
• Zoe Hayes

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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Rape Crisis South London.

• Rape Crisis South London income £4.1m
• RAPE CRISIS TYNESIDE AND NORTHUMBERLAND income £1.3m
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £1.2m
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE (SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) income £199k
• SOS RAPE CRISIS income £723k
• LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED income £295k

Side by side with its peers

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