RASAC - RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE

Registered charity 1205126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RASAC will provide specialist therapeutic/counselling services for survivors of Rape, sexual & Domestic abuse, including advocacy and support service's for survivors and close family members. ISVA support for children and young people including adults. Training to individuals and professionals on sexual & domestic violence awareness and trauma informed practice.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FREE COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT, EITHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, OR FACE TO FACE TO SURVIVORS WHO HAVE BEEN RAPED, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, OR EXPERIENCED ANY OTHER SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE DISTRICT OF KIRKLEES AND MAY BE EXTENDED TO SURVIVORS NOT RESIDENT IN THIS AREA

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 unrestricted reserves increased to £460,480, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £401,664. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £33,427 for the year, resulting in a positive cash position and adequate resources to continue operations.

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 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom 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 (02/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Isabel Mactague
• KAREN WOOD
• Karen Ashmeade
• Lydia Isherwood
• Niamh Docherty
• chloe Tracey

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

Operates in: Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE (RASA) CENTRE LTD.

• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE (RASA) CENTRE LTD income £1.5m
• COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE income £1.2m
• RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROJECT income £1.9m
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (NORTH WALES) income £1.3m
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE) income £1.6m
• ROSA (RAPE OR SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES) income £865k

Side by side with its peers

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