SOS RAPE CRISIS
Registered charity 1194207 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provide free specialised support, advocacy and counselling services to survivors of rape, sexual violence and abuse in Southend-on-Sea and it's environs.
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (1) TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAUMA AND DISTRESS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE SUFFERED ANY FORM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. (2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN THE SUBJECT OF RAPE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE VICTIM, WHETHER PHYSICAL, MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, OR SOCIAL AND TO TRAIN WOMEN AS COUNSELLORS SO AS TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF RAPE VICTIMS BY THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL, LEGAL AND EMOTIONAL COUNSELLING.
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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Registered contact address: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £76,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £787,145. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of approximately nine months of budgeted expenditure, which it currently exceeds significantly. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties disclosed.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: approximately 9 months of budgeted expenditure (reserves figure: £787k)
“SOSRC adheres to the guidelines set by the Charity Commission for England and Wales by maintaining unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately 9 months of budgeted expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- 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
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~14.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Rosalind Dunhillchair
- ALISON SMITH MBE
- Caroline Jennings
- Emma King
- Laura Martin
- Lesley Richardson
- MARGARET HOWELL MBE
- Mali Dunkley
- Rachelle Jayne Stone
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Southend-on-sea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOS RAPE CRISIS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £76,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £787,145. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of approximately nine months of budgeted expenditure, which it currently exceeds significantly. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Known funders
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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
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