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.

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Latest income

£723k

Latest spending

£647k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

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 (held: £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.

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

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

Total income

£723k

Total spending

£647k

Reserves (reported)

£769k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~14.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£723k	£647k
31/03/2024	£698k	£608k
31/03/2023	£639k	£587k
31/03/2022	£543k	£469k

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.

Who funds SOS RAPE CRISIS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOS RAPE CRISIS as a grant recipient include ROSCA TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ROSCA TRUST	FY2025	£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/01/2021	£280k	Sexual Violence Counsellors