Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

R.I.S.E. (REFUGE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION) 

Provision of services to Women, Children and Young People and LGBTQI people who are affected by Domestic Violence to include advice, emotional and therapeutic support and residential services. Education and training provision for awareness and prevention of domestic abuse.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 26 years

www.riseuk.org.uk

finance@riseuk.org.uk

01273 622828

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,080£1,142£-61£110£776£4294.53641
31/03/22£1,147£1,038£108£113£837£5806.73537
31/03/21£3,139£2,853£286£116£729£5972.56792
31/03/20£2,563£2,749£-186£151£443£234168108
31/03/19£2,600£2,728£-128£189£629£3021.36872
31/03/18£2,514£2,475£38£199£757£4952.4630
31/03/17£2,173£2,239£-66£117£719£5523590
31/03/16£2,010£1,957£53£156£785£5433.3580
31/03/15£1,829£1,644£184£164£739£4673.4550
31/03/14£1,581£1,567£14£113£555£3933410
31/03/13£1,560£1,454£105£83£541£3312.7580
31/03/12£1,489£1,374£115£111£436£2151.9540
31/03/11£1,215£1,226£-11£68£321£1941.9380
31/03/10£1,213£1,299£-87£67£331£1691.6470
31/03/09£1,434£1,377£57£119£415£2462.1490
31/03/08£1,258£1,141£117£46£359£2362.5430
31/03/07£1,111£1,067£44£58£241£1902.1370
31/03/06*£997£942£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£837£816£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£623£621£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 9.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 41 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£792,839
DCMS£133,407
BBC Children in Need£79,967
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£68,328
Rosa UK£49,081
Youth Music£26,784
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to RISE
£25,000 22/12/2021
Salary of a Specialist Family and Civil Courts Advocate
BBC Children in Need - Grant to RISE (Refuge, Information, Support and Education)
£79,967 10/08/2021
This project will deliver support groups to children and young people affected by domestic abuse in Brighton & Hove. The activities will result in increased safety from harm, improved family ....more
Rosa UK - WTF-RISE-2021
£49,081 12/07/2021
£49,081 has been awarded to RISE to fund a Black and Minoritised Wellbeing Practitioner to disseminate skills and knowledge to survivors of DA and create a supportive and healing environment and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Rising
£792,839 23/03/2021
36
The funding will help to mobilise the voices skills actions and networks of women survivors and others in communities to galvanise positive change around the issue of violence against women and girls ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,243 11/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£34,164 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£34,164 05/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to RISE
£5,000 21/04/2020
RISE provides crisis Refuge for up to fifteen families and a complex needs dispersed Refuge. They have a helpline, support groups, counselling, and therapy for 3000+ adult and child domestic abuse ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£34,164 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Youth Music - Music Therapy Project
£26,784 06/03/2020
Music Therapy Project
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to RISE
£49,971 27/02/2019
23
Funding was provided towards staff costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 13/06/2018
Central Core Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to RISE (Refuge, Information, Support and Education)
£121,446 09/02/2017
36
This project will deliver specialist support to children and young people affected by domestic violence. They will experience improved safety and reduced risk of harm, improved family relationships ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£740,036 22/03/2016
48
Female survivors of domestic and sexual abuse will be provided with help from short-term crisis support through to longer-term guidance. RISE has seen an increase in clients and anticipates it will ....more
Comic Relief - RISE Safer Futures: Addressing Complex Trauma in Domestic Violence
£123,240 30/09/2015
36
64% of women who have been abused have post-traumatic stress disorder. This affects their ability to engage with support services, follow safety plans, or to cope with everyday life. This grant will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to RISE
£72,400 13/03/2014
24
towards two years' salary of a Helpline Worker at a project in East Sussex that provides support to people affected by Domestic Violence
National Lottery Community Fund - Rise: Safe as Houses
£356,702 12/07/2012
36
This is a continuation and expansion of an existing project by RISE, providing outreach services across Brighton and Hove to ensure isolated and hard to reach women, children, young people and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-61
  • DANI AHRENS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Resource Centre Worker
  • HELEN CARR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trade Union Official
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/11/1997, number: 1065846
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/1997, number: 03425008
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

RISE
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XG

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO: RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY THOSE WHO ARE ABUSED, AND SURVIVORS OF ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AND IN PARTICULAR WOMEN, LGBT, CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE AND VIOLENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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