Embrace Child Survivors of Crime

Analysis

Embrace Child Survivors of Crime is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Embrace Child Survivors of Crime reported income of £963k and spending of £795k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £728k to £963k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Embrace Child Survivors of Crime 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstone Supported Housing and Counselling Ltd (£963k), Emmaus Preston (£964k) and Manchester Mesivta Jewish Grammar School (£962k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £425k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.