Rape and Sexual Violence Project

Analysis

Rape and Sexual Violence Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06862873). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rape and Sexual Violence Project reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.1m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.9m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rape and Sexual Violence Project sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Designability Charity Limited (£1.9m), Happydays Ministries UK (£1.9m) and Open Age (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 2.1% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £274k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 95 people.