Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

SURVIVORSUK 

webchat, counselling, group work, telephone inquiry line, information, advice and independent sexual violence adviser for those who identify as adult men who have been sexually assaulted or raped at any time in their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
Established: 25 years

www.survivorsuk.org

info@survivorsuk.org

02035983898

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookInstagramX
UN SDGs
?

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£1,102£1,010£92£25£377£3203.8300
31/03/22£1,039£1,048£-9£31£285£2853.3330
31/03/21£965£1,054£-89£19£294£2863.3310
31/03/20£759£697£62£4£383£3656.3181
31/03/19£627£569£58£3£321£3186.781
31/03/18£520£412£108£40£263£2487.250
31/03/17£466£413£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£374£438£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£521£461£61£30£167£1062.850
31/03/14£236£234£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£229£204£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£282£239£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£216£202£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£171£181£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£124£159£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08?*£152£123£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/07£80£107£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/06*£175£152£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05*£149£133£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04*£148£160£-12£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 30 employees

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
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime£662,612
Ministry of Justice£298,926
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
The London Community Foundation£4,323
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Survivors UK
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Survivors UK
£662,612 12/12/2022
Funding of core activities related to specialist support to Male Victims of sexual violence for financial years 22/23 and 24/25.
Ministry of Justice - National Male Rape Helpline/Webchat
£149,463 01/04/2021
To provide a national website/webchat service offering independent specialist support across England & Wales to male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to SurvivorsUK
£4,323 04/06/2020
The funding is to purchase 8 laptops for the counselling staff to assist them in delivering the most needed services during this lockdown period.
Ministry of Justice - Male Rape Support - Helpline and Webchat services
£149,463 01/04/2020
To provide support services to males aged 13 or over who are, or have been, victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Survivors UK
£100,000 17/07/2019
36
Survivors UK provides counselling and therapy to male victims of rape and sexual abuse. The grant will support the cost of a counsellor to support male victims.
Ministry of Justice - Male Rape Support - Helpline & Webchat Services - 2019/20
£149,463 01/04/2019
To provide a national website/webchat service offering independent specialist support across England & Wales to male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£149,463 01/04/2019
For the provision of a National Male Rape Website and Webchat Service for male victims across England and Wales.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SurvivorsUK
£120,000 31/01/2019
24
£120,000 over two further years (2 x £60,000) towards the salaries of a Counsellor and Director; supervision, rent and a contribution to core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Groupwork+
£396,062 22/11/2018
48
The project will support men and boys who've been raped, sexually abused or sexually assaulted. There will be a range of services available to help 360 men and boys, who are experiencing trauma and ....more
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Male Rape Support Fund
£194,063 01/04/2018
To provide a central website providing online support services to males aged 13 or over who are, or have been, victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Male Rape Support Fund
£49,901 01/04/2018
To provide direct support services to males aged 13 or over who are, or have been, victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SurvivorsUK
£148,900 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Counselling/Therapy Worker at a project in London providing support for men who have been sexually abused
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 04/12/2017
SurvivorsUK
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Male Rape Support Fund
£49,151 01/04/2017
To provide direct support services to males aged 13 or over who are, or have been, victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Male Rape Support Fund
£194,063 01/04/2017
To provide direct support services to males aged 13 or over who are, or have been, victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Male Rape Support Fund
£47,126 01/04/2016
12
To provide direct support services to males aged 13 or over who are, or have been, victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Male Rape Support Fund
£194,063 01/04/2016
12
To provide a national website for males over the age of 13 who are victims of rape or sexual violence.
Comic Relief - Male Survivors of rape and sexual abuse Counselling Project
£90,000 27/01/2016
36
Police figures for 2013/14 show less than 3,600 incidents of rape or sexual assault of a male, contrasted with ONS figures for the same year indicating there were approximately 116,000 male victims ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SurvivorsUK
£180,000 23/09/2015
36
£180,000 over three years (3 x £60,000) towards the f/t salary of the Director of Clinical Services; therapeutic programme and other costs to support adult male survivors of sexual abuse.
London Catalyst - Survivors UK - 1
£5,000 26/08/2015
Funding for one to one group therapy to sexually violated men
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SurvivorsUK
£68,700 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a National telephone counselling and web-chat service to support men who have experienced rape or sexual abuse
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Survivors UK
£31,700 27/09/2013
Survivors UK helps people affected by male sexual violation through its helpline, 1:1 counselling and group support and campaigning. It helps people to understand the impact and move forward ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - 25th Anniversary Advertising Initiative to increase client referrals
£10,000 17/03/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Camden. The group will use funding to run a poster advertising campaign in London underground stations raising awareness of sexual abuse against males. This will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault Support Project
£499,921 10/03/2010
60
This development of an existing project will aim to improve the health and well-being of men who are survivors of sexual assault, either in childhood or as adults. Services addressing their emotional ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-56
  • JEMMA ANSELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student Liaison Manager
  • THOM CRABBE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Voluntary Sector Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/09/1999, number: 1077484
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/06/1999, number: 03792760
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 41 days late, AR06: 242 days late, AR05: 70 days late, AR04: 156 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STAY BRAVE on 10/10/2023
Main office

Unit F
The Bagel Factory
22 White Post Lane
LONDON

Objectives

The Charity’s objects (the “Objects”) are:(1) To provide protection of health and relief of sickness and distress to males who have suffered sexual abuse or rape and to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of such individuals and their carers and families.(2) In furtherance of Subclause 3(1) above, the Charity may undertake the following activities:(a) provide centres for meetings and the giving of advice, information, training and education;(b) provide appropriate and considered counselling that adheres to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy;(c) provide individual or group based support through a range appropriate of physical and digital based services;(d) advance public awareness about all matters relating to the sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape of men and boys(e) collect and make available information about all matters relating to the sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape of men and boys including issues relating to providing protection of health and relief of sickness and distress to these individuals who have suffered sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape and promoting charitable purposes for the benefit of such males and their carers and families; (f) undertake intersectional activity that helps to recognise and better understand that sexual assault, sexual abuse and rape can take part / be better understood within the context of wider patterns of abuse;(g) use a range of appropriate physical or digital communications to either; procure, write, print, publish, issue and circulate, materials intended to further or achieve the above objects.(3) In relation to Subclauses 3(1) and 3(2) above, although the Charity shall primarily support male individuals, the Charity may also undertake such actions, including the provision of appropriate services to support non-binary individuals where SurvivorsUK is the best fit for their needs.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great