SERICC

Registered charity 1186836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SERICC, rape and sexual abuse specialist service, provide free and confidential specialist counselling and advocacy support to victim and survivors in Essex and the surrounding areas.

Objects

The objects of the cio are: to relieve sickness and distress amongst those affected by any form of sexual violence and abuse, particularly, but not limited, to women and girls and the community in Essex and the surrounding areas within East Anglia, and including the families and friends of those affected and others affected who are in need, in particular by the provision of counselling and support for such persons; to advance education of the public in the subject of sexual violence and abuse, including but not limited to, the provision of training, research (and by publishing the useful results of such research) and publication of information and guidance.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £691,526, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £665,934 (equivalent to six months of operating costs). The charity reported a net surplus of £92,694 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £1,718,588, indicating a stable financial position despite uncertainty regarding funding renewals post-March 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Rowland Hall. 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SERICC (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).

• Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner — “SERICC are very grateful for the support of the following funders who have supported our recent work: Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissio…” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Curnickchair
• Dawn Hayes
• Michelene Heine
• Sonia Morgan
• Tracy D'Anstee
• Victoria Taylor

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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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
• SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES income £600k
• Rape Crisis South London income £4.1m
• THE SURVIVORS TRUST income £838k
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £1.2m
• SURVIVE (SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE) income £546k

Side by side with its peers

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