Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis

Analysis

Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. 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, Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £937k to £1.5m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Barnabas Woodside Park (£1.5m), Leeds Rugby Foundation (£1.5m) and Spirit of Soccer (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 45% and trading 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £490k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.