Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services

Analysis

Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07630160). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services reported income of £662k and spending of £647k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £706k to £662k (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation (£660k), Power Family Charitable Trust (£663k) and The Leslie and Doris Seccombe Charitable Trust (£656k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55% and donations and legacies 42%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £172k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.