A RARE CAUSE

Registered charity 1198461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARC

The objects of A Rare Cause (ARC) are the advancement of health or the saving of lives in relation to the global, rare disease community in particular by providing information and resources to raise knowledge and increase awareness.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES IN RELATION TO THE GLOBAL RARE DISEASE COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO RAISE KNOWLEDGE AND INCREASE AWARENESS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total income of £25,372, primarily from a grant by Direct Relief, against total expenditure of £2,007. It held unrestricted cash reserves of £23,485.49 at year-end, with the majority earmarked for the LSD-Impact programme. The trustees confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Dumebi Oderinde · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Ebosie
• Prof Amaka Offiah
• Tiffany Wong

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

Operates in: Botswana · Rwanda · South Africa · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALICE'S ARC.

• ALICE'S ARC income £788k
• ONE CAUSE LIMITED income £162k
• THE ARC income £1.4m
• MAD-Aid income £433k
• THE ARK FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE income £391k
• ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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