BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES

Registered charity 1166591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSARCS

Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services offers Counselling and Advocacy support for victims of sexual abuse.

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Latest income
£964k
Latest spending
£891k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £72,819 and total funds of £607,279. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £214,927, which is below the stated policy target of four months' expenditure (approximately £300,000). The trustees declare that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £215k)
the BSARCS Trustee Board have agreed to retain financial reserves which would allow core operations to continue for a four-month period (equal to a third of the organisations’ annual expenditure)
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

Total income
£964k
Total spending
£891k
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£215k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£964k£891k
31/03/2024£839k£955k
31/03/2023£869k£877k
31/03/2022£1.1m£886k
31/03/2021£1.1m£962k

Common questions

Is BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £72,819 and total funds of £607,279. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £214,927, which is below the stated policy target of four months' expenditure (approximately £300,000). The trustees declare that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2023£165kAsk The Question Initiative
UK government01/08/2023£228kRape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
UK government15/09/2022£152kRape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
UK government26/03/2021£96kCOVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
UK government01/01/2021£159kRape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
UK government01/04/2019£262kRape & Sexual Abuse Support Fund
UK government01/04/2019£21kMale Rape Support Fund
UK government01/04/2019£106kRape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2018£347kBSARCS
UK government01/04/2018£20k2014-2019 Male Rape Support Fund
UK government01/04/2018£67k2014-2019 Female Rape Support Fund