SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE ADVICE CENTRE (BURTON & DISTRICT)

Registered charity 1180902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S.A.R.A.C, SARAC, SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE ADVICE CENTRE

Sarac is the only specialist sexual abuse and rape advice Centre covering the area of East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire having served the area for 30 years. We aim to help all those affected by offering a confidential service that aims to relieve mental distress through advice and counselling assistance. Anyone, who is 11 years plus can refer to SARAC.

Objects

To relieve the emotional, mental and physical distress of any person primarily in Burton upon Trent and surrounding areas and, where appropriate, in any other part of the United Kingdom, in such ways as the trustees see fit who have:(a) been subject to any degree of sexual abuse, domestic abuse, coercion or harassment, (b) experienced any form of emotional, mental or physical trauma through the provision of advice, counselling, assistance and other support services; andTo promote education primarily in Burton upon Trent and surrounding areas and, where appropriate, in any other part of the United Kingdom, in such ways as the trustees to raise awareness:(a) in matters relating to sexual violence, domestic abuse and(b) in matters related to emotional, mental or physical trauma and their impact on individuals and the community in respect of psychological, social, economic and cultural considerations.

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 operated at a net expenditure of £70,646 for the year, reducing its total funds from £193,607 to £122,961. The trustees report significant uncertainty regarding funding and long-term sustainability, noting that the organization would be unable to continue services without financial support from funders. Despite these pressures, the trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis as they believe no material uncertainties exist.

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 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/11/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Martinchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anna Evangelou
• Deborah Brayshaw
• Deneice Florence-Jukes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma-Jane Bisseker
• Hemehra Sajid
• Richard Lloyd
• Stuart Lilley

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE (HARCSAC).

• HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE (HARCSAC) income £77k
• RASAC - RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £982k
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £976k
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (NORTH WALES) income £1.3m
• DONCASTER RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £704k
• SHEFFIELD RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £708k

Side by side with its peers

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