SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE

Registered charity 1160787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAST

We have been offering group support to survivors of torture - offering group counselling in their mother tongue, english classes and therapeutic art classes, as well as trying to enroll them in existing services.

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Latest income
£263k
Latest spending
£197k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,291 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £93,818 to £58,527. The trustees note that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient reserves to continue operations, having built up reserves through private donor support to buffer against funding disruptions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (84% of income)
“Income received for the financial year was £209,537. Of this, grant income totalled £175,731.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of running costs (held: £59k)
“The policy has been to ensure that there would be a minimum of 3 months of running costs (average £21,000 per month) at any one time”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
25/02/2026£263k£197k
25/02/2025£210k£245k
25/02/2024£195k£304k
25/02/2023£223k£165k
25/02/2022£212k£175k

Common questions

Is SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,291 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £93,818 to £58,527. The trustees note that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient reserves to continue operations, having built up reserves through private donor support to buffer against funding disruptions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE as a grant recipient include THE TOLKIEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2022£25k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2021£20k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ISSA FOUNDATION1£415k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST1£230k
CMZ LTD1£113k
CHASEHAWK LIMITED1£107k
JAY EDUCATION TRUST1£91k
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV1£61k
YAD SHLOMO TRUST1£61k
TSEDOKO LIMITED1£51k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DON’T LOSE HOPE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE£263k—0unclear—no doubt
DON’T LOSE HOPE FY2025£301k—0above—no doubt
Rotherham Abuse Advocacy and Counselling Service FY2025£487k—0unclear—no doubt
SAFETY WELLBEING AND CHALLENGING ABUSE FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
SUPPORT THE CHARITY WORKER FY2025£991k—0unclear—no doubt
REGIONS BEYOND UK FY2024£353k—0unclear—no doubt

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