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Cis'ters - Surviving Rape and Sexual Abuse in Childhood

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1184857EastleighDisability
Income£31k2025-03-31
Spending£56ksame year
Spent / received112%5-year average
Size in its cause47th pctDisability
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Cis'ters - Surviving Rape and Sexual Abuse in Childhood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastleigh. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cis'ters - Surviving Rape and Sexual Abuse in Childhood reported income of £31k and spending of £56k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £90k to £31k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 892%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cis'ters - Surviving Rape and Sexual Abuse in Childhood sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Langer Playgroup (£31k), Friends of Oak View (£31k) and Tiny-Steps (£31k).

Income and spending

£0£23k£46k£70k£93k2021 Income: £89,5312021 Spending: £53,67520212022 Income: £9,3512022 Spending: £52,07920222023 Income: £92,7842023 Spending: £63,41720232024 Income: £41,5822024 Spending: £70,57320242025 Income: £31,1082025 Spending: £56,2832025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

CISters is a survivor led specialist service for females aged 18 or over who, as female children, were sexually abused/exploited by a member of their immediate and/or extended family. We offer female survivors the opportunity to meet other women in a group context and within an empowerment model. Meetings vary in type/focus and include an Annual Residential Weekend Workshop. We meet in Hampshire.

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