THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERHIP

Registered charity 1173283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnership

The South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnership (SYSVP) promotes the effective use of charitable resources for the public benefit, by providing support to charities and not for profits organisations operating within South Yorkshire and beyond which are established to relieve the mental and physical distress of people who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CHARITIES AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND BEYOND WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE AT ANY TIME IN THEIR LIVES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£965k

Latest spending

£985k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,318 for the year ended March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £8,986. The trustees note that the lack of confirmed funding beyond March 2026 is a concern, though they consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis due to adequate resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unnecessary (held: £9k)

“The trustees have considered the level of reserves required by the charity and have decided that holding a general reserve at a set level is unnecessary at this time, due to the nature of the charity’s operations and its current funding structure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The lack of confirmation of funding is a concern, but the charity holds a small reserve to cover costs in the event of closure, and has adequate resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 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
Investment
Paying staff
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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

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

Total income

£965k

Total spending

£985k

Reserves (reported)

£9k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dawn Elizabeth Thomas
FIONA RUTH STEPHENSON · trustee of 2 other charities
Jeanette Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
Kirsten Atkinson
WENDY DIANNE PEAKE

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£965k	£985k
31/03/2024	£970k	£966k
31/03/2023	£1.0m	£1.0m
31/03/2022	£617k	£616k
31/03/2021	£491k	£491k

Common questions

Is THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,318 for the year ended March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £8,986. The trustees note that the lack of confirmed funding beyond March 2026 is a concern, though they consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis due to adequate resources to meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SMALLWOOD TRUST	1	£38k
THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£25k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION	1	£990

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EYUP.

EYUP income £624k
SURVIVE (SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE) income £546k
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £2.1m
YSS income £1.0m
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION income £115k
RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROJECT income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERHIP	£965k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
EYUP FY2025	£624k	in excess of £60k	1	unclear	—	no doubt
SURVIVE (SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE) FY2025	£546k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
YSS FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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