Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 6

RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE (RASA) CENTRE LTD

RASA offers support & counselling anyone who has experienced any form of sexual violence (Rape, CSA, CSE) at any time in their life. We offer support, counselling, advocacy, training, groups,court & CJS support. We work with adults & children - children receiving specialist support in our Sunflowers Children's Service. In the case of very young children, RASA will work with parents or caregivers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 21 years

www.rasamerseyside.org

rasa@rasamerseyside.org

07501227736

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£1,376	£1,368	£8	£8	£193	£161	1.4	36	30
31/03/22	*	£1,141	£1,151	£-10	£0	£185	£156	1.6	33	50
31/03/21	*	£1,029	£954	£76	£4	£195	£146	1.8	27	28
31/03/20		£937	£954	£-17	£45	£119	£59	0.7	24	45
31/03/19		£979	£977	£2	£43	£137	£50	0.6	22	35
31/03/18		£723	£759	£-37	£0	£135	£63	1	16	0
31/03/17		£786	£802	£-15	£3	£172	£77	1.2	18	0
31/03/16		£683	£692	£-8	£30	£187	£79	1.4	14	0
31/03/15		£582	£520	£62	£34	£195	£75	1.7	15	0
31/03/14		£429	£420	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£423	£435	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£345	£312	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£233	£247	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£236	£247	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£250	£149	£101	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£100	£107	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£47	£80	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£75	£76	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£65	£50	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£18	£34	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Liverpool City, Sefton, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

36 employees
30 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

Ministry of Justice	£388,112
Steve Morgan Foundation	£83,400
CAF	£10,000
Sport England	£9,622

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to RASA Merseyside
£83,400	14/07/2021	3 year funding for Children's Worker
Ministry of Justice - COVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£93,556	26/03/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£201,000	01/01/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£47,250	12/11/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£46,306	22/06/2020	Provision of Victim Services
CAF - Grant to Rape & Sexual Abuse (RASA) Centre Limited
£10,000	13/05/2020 3	Grant to Rape & Sexual Abuse (RASA) Centre Limited to support the organisation through COVID19
Sport England - Yoga for Female Empowerment and Positive Mental Health
£9,622	12/07/2019 26	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Yoga for Female Empowerment and Positive Mental Health. This project lists its main activity as Yoga
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£134,000	01/04/2019	To provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rape & Sexual Abuse (RASA) Centre
£156,845	27/06/2018 36	This project will provide a therapeutic service including advocacy for up to 18 year olds who have experienced sexual abuse. It will lead to improved self confidence, increased open communication ....more This project will provide a therapeutic service including advocacy for up to 18 year olds who have experienced sexual abuse. It will lead to improved self confidence, increased open communication with care givers and positive engagement in education.
Ministry of Justice - Female Rape Support Fund (Child Sexual Abuse Support Funding)
£28,000	01/04/2018	To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Female Rape Support Fund
£78,285	01/04/2018	To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Male Rape Support Fund
£50,057	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
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£28,000	01/04/2017	To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Male Rape Support Fund
£47,273	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 Female Rape Support Fund
£76,267	01/04/2017	To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Rape & Sexual Abuse (RASA) Centre
£30,000	01/06/2016	Towards the post of the Volunteer Training & Development Worker and the volunteer development programme for 3 years
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund
£70,000	01/04/2016 12	To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Male Rape Support Fund
£47,273	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 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£28,000	01/04/2016 12	To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wirral Rape Crisis
£301,726	12/10/2011 60	Based in West Wirral the scheme will provide a special helpline and drop in service, offering counselling, advocacy and support to help people deal with the aftermath of sexual violence. The project, ....more Based in West Wirral the scheme will provide a special helpline and drop in service, offering counselling, advocacy and support to help people deal with the aftermath of sexual violence. The project, which will recruit volunteer workers from the local community, will also deliver sexual abuse awareness-raising sessions to organisations in West Wirral.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-48

ANBER RAZ (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Policy Officer, Other trusteeship: IMKAAN,

SANDRA BLOWER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance And Operations Manager

SOPHIE GUNTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/11/2002, number: 1094462
Registered at Companies House on 18/09/2002, number: 04538556

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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; AR22: 64 days late, AR21: 128 days late, AR09: 41 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

15 Morpeth Close
Moreton
WIRRAL
CH46 6HQ

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY, OR MAY BE AT RISK OF BEING AFFECTED BY SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREINAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL ABUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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