ESCAPELINE

Registered charity 1184475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Escapeline provides education programmes to children & young people, aged 10-18 years, raising awareness of child exploitation and grooming, teaching them what to look out for & protective strategies. We provide training to professionals in education, health, social care & police on child exploitation. We also offer parents awareness workshops, 1-1 parent support services and 2-1 youth work.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £345,988, providing the organisation with stability. The charity generated a net surplus of £257,728, driven by a rise in grant income and a £50,704 fundraising donation. Cash reserves are sufficient to cover 19.5 months of actual expenditure, indicating strong short-term liquidity.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Postcode Local Trust — “Postcode Local Trust is a grant giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s postcode lottery.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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

• Karen Talbot
• Lisa Morris
• Louise Richardson

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

Operates in: Dorset · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ESCAPE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP.

• ESCAPE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP income £390k
• ESCAPE2MAKE income £233k
• MINORITY MATTERS LTD income £134k
• KIDSCAPE CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN'S SAFETY income £369k
• CHILDLINE income £1.5m
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY income £40.6m

Side by side with its peers

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