Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

MASA: MEN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE 

our aim is to give support to men who have been sexually abused and there families in the south west of England which will cover Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/07/22*£60,827£30,004£30,8236
31/07/21£16,040£6,514£9,5261
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

masamenagainstsexualabuse.com

menagainstsexualabuse@yahoo.com

07936820469

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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
Tudor Trust£45,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Devon Community Foundation£10,000
DCMS£8,550
Somerset Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Masa men Against sexual Abuse
£5,000 03/04/2023
Application to continue providing access to therapeutic services for men who have experienced sexual abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Masa counselling support for men
£10,000 19/08/2022
The funding will be used to provide 1-2-1 counselling group support and walking therapies in the Torbay area for men who have been sexually abused and engage with their friends and family so they ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Counselling support for men in Bridgwater who have experienced sexual abuse
£5,000 27/04/2022
Providing counselling for men in Bridgwater who have experienced sexual abuse
Devon Community Foundation - MASA abuse and suicide prevention
£5,000 09/03/2022
Provision of 1:1 and group counselling for men who have experience of sexual and mental abuse.
Tudor Trust - Grant to MASA: Men Against Sexual Abuse
£45,000 06/10/2021
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over three years towards core running costs for a charity supporting male survivors of sexual abuse in Cornwall and the West Country
National Lottery Community Fund - MASA (Men against Sexual Abuse)
£10,000 14/05/2021
The organisation will use the funding to pay for an awareness campaign and for additional premises to allow them to offer more counselling services to men affected by sexual abuse across the South ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,550 25/09/2020
"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
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/07/2020, number: 1190398
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR22: 2 days late,
Main office

Fore Street Business Hub
50 Fore Street
BODMIN
Cornwall
PL31 2HL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO RELIEVE THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DISTRESS OF ADULT MEN IN NEED, BY REASON OF SEXUAL ABUSE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, THOSE RESIDING IN CORNWALL;Ò BY THE PROVISION OF A WELCOMING SAFE SPACE TO MEET.Ò BY THE REGULAR WEEKLY PROVISION OF PROFESSIONALLY LED, GROUP THERAPY AND SUPPORT.Ò BY PAYING FOR ONE-TO-ONE, SPECIALIST COUNSELLING THERAPY, FOR THOSE MEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN A SUPPORT GROUP, BUT WHO, BECAUSE OF ON-GOING TRAUMA, ARE NOT YET WELL-ENOUGH TO SAFELY ENGAGE WITHIN A GROUP SETTING.Ò BY EXTENDING THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONALLY LED, GROUP THERAPY AND SUPPORT, AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, ONE-TO-ONE SPECIALIST COUNSELLING; INITIALLY TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF CORNWALL, AND, LONGER TERM, TO OTHER COUNTIES IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND, WHERE SUCH PROVISION IS ABSENT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENGLISH LAW

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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