SURVIVORS OF ABUSE

Registered charity 1166712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S.O.B

Raising awareness of the impact of childhood abuseRunning workshops to help adult victims and survivors recover their health and wellness

Objects

1) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD EITHER THROUGH SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE OR NEGLECT BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, COURSES, ADVICE AND SUPPORT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS SOCIAL WORKERS, THE POLICE, COUNSELLORS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND THOSE PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED ON THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE IN ADULTHOOD.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £31,217, which is above the charity's stated minimum reserve policy target of £4,000. The charity reported a net income of £23,378 for the year, with total income of £42,979 against total expenditure of £19,601. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no matters requiring further report.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — S.O.B Breaking The Cycle (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michelle Suzanne Denny-Bowne
• Pauline Sharp
• Tina Marie Saunders BA Hons

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SURVIVING ECONOMIC ABUSE.

• SURVIVING ECONOMIC ABUSE income £2.2m
• THE SURVIVORS TRUST income £838k
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
• THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED income £1.8m
• SURVIVE income £32k
• AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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