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DORCAS (DAUGHTERS, OPTIMISTIC, RESPECT, COURAGE, ASSURANCE AND SUPPORT)

Registered charity 1194064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORCAS

Raise awareness of FGM through educational programmes for students, parents, and communities. Facilitate accredited FGM training. Provide safeguarding, counselling, advocacy, and support for survivors. Deliver early years safeguarding/body autonomy sessions. Provide holistic care and wellbeing programmes addressing abuse, physical/mental health, health disparities and other support needs.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£111k
Latest spending
£128k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £111,123, which included a £12,030 loan, resulting in actual income of £99,093 against expenditure of £128,062. The charity reported cash funds of just £8 at year-end, though it notes that substantial post-year-end funding secured between April 2025 and January 2026 has strengthened its financial position and reserves to £51,961 by December 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months expenditure (held: £52k)
“the trustees’ goal is to maintain the equivalent of 6 months expenditure as unrestricted reserves.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Sandwell · Staffordshire · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£111k£128k
31/03/2024£98k£87k
31/03/2023£32k£48k
31/03/2022£21k£2k

Common questions

Is DORCAS (DAUGHTERS, OPTIMISTIC, RESPECT, COURAGE, ASSURANCE AND SUPPORT) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £111,123, which included a £12,030 loan, resulting in actual income of £99,093 against expenditure of £128,062. The charity reported cash funds of just £8 at year-end, though it notes that substantial post-year-end funding secured between April 2025 and January 2026 has strengthened its financial position and reserves to £51,961 by December 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2023£10kFGM Support Services Leicester
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2023£53kDeveloping FGM Awareness Raising and Support Services