RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE COUNSELLING CENTRE (DARLINGTON AND COUNTY DURHAM) CIO

Registered charity 1164121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSACC

We provide free and confidential specialist services to survivors of rape, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse aged 13 and over within Darlington and County Durham. services include face to face counselling, a telephone helpline, facilitated group work for survivors of domestic abuse, a preventative programme for young people on healthy relationships and bespoke training packages.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS OF INDIVIDUALS IN COUNTY DURHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO HAVE SUFFERED ANY FORM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ABUSE, DOMESTIC ABUSE OR HARASSMENT ? IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE PROVISION OF A CONFIDENTIAL FACE TO FACE AND TELEPHONE COUNSELLING SERVICE;(B) THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS NEEDING FURTHER SUPPORT;(C) BY REFERRING WITH PERMISSION THOSE CLIENTS NEEDING HELP OF A MORE SPECIALIST NATURE.(2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO THE SUBJECT OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF. (3) NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £133,734 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £535,990 to £402,256. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £333,499, which is below the stated policy target of £369,772 required to maintain a six-month exit strategy.

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.

• 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
• 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 — Rape Crisis Centre Darlington & County Durham (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katie Joanne Bradshawchair
• Grace Elizabeth Rose Bananga
• Linda Wight
• Lyndsey Anne Pitt
• PROF NICOLE WESTMARLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Prof Geetanjali Gangoli

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE).

• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE) income £1.6m
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (NORTH WALES) income £1.3m
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE (SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) income £199k
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £1.2m
• RAPE CRISIS TYNESIDE AND NORTHUMBERLAND income £1.3m
• SURVIVE (SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE) income £546k

Side by side with its peers

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