Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis

Registered charity 1178308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORSET RAPE CRISIS SUPPORT CENTRE

Providing Support, Guidance & Information to any survivors of Rape, Child Sexual Abuse & Sexual Assault through a Helpline, Counselling & Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Services (ISVA), incl services for Children, Young People & Adults in Dorset. On becoming a CIO in 2019 we changed our name from Dorset Rape Crisis Support Centre (900350): 2018 marked our 30th year of working in this field.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE AREA OF DORSET:1) TO RELIEVE THE TRAUMA, WHETHER PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL , SOCIAL OR PHYSICAL OF PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR OTHERWISE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF RAPE, OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL/DOMESTIC ABUSE, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF ANY KIND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, HELP OR ASSISTANCE OF ANY KIND; AND2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RAPE, SEXUAL/DOMESTIC ABUSE, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND/OR ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR SOCIAL IMPACT ON ADULTS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT; AND3) THE RELIEF OF NEED BY THE PROMOTION OF THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC, SEXUAL, AND ASSOCIATED ABUSE.

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 ended the financial year in a strong position with a surplus of £82,002 and total funds of £602,729. The trustees consider the level of free reserves to be sufficient to deliver charitable objectives for the next twelve months, despite noting challenges in the funding landscape and future National Insurance increases.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Hancoxchair
• Diane Rosalind Wells
• Dr Peter Arabaci Hills
• Graham Vagg
• Jane Cordner
• Julie Judd
• Kathryn Calvert

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 SOS RAPE CRISIS.

• SOS RAPE CRISIS income £723k
• Rape Crisis South London income £4.1m
• PETERBOROUGH RAPE CRISIS CARE GROUP income £667k
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £1.2m
• LEICESTER RAPE CRISIS LIMITED income £295k
• BRADFORD RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS SERVICE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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