The Survivors Trust

Analysis

The Survivors Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rugby. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Survivors Trust reported income of £838k and spending of £956k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £460k to £838k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Survivors Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forest Voluntary Action Forum (£837k), House of Light (£838k) and Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (£836k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, trading 24% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £475k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.