Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +12
    Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

    SCOTTISH BORDERS RAPE CRISIS CENTRE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
    Established: 14 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities £322,203 £465,649
    Donations & Legacies £1,402 £58,707
    Other Income
    Investment Income £96 £2,254
    Total income £161,862 £179,203 £206,142 £323,701 £461,921 £526,610
    Charitable activities spending £243,508 £562,535
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £157,451 £166,737 £217,157 £243,508 £362,909 £562,535
    Surplus/deficit £4,411 £12,466 -£11,015 £80,193 £99,012 -£35,925
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Scottish Borders
    Who it helps
    • Other defined groups

    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£445,193
    Henry Smith Charity£210,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£44,550
    Foundation Scotland£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre
    £210,000 18/08/2023
    36
    towards three years' salary and on costs of the Support Workers and Office Administrators at the 'Sunrise Service' providing support for survivors of sexual trauma and violence in the Scottish ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre
    £4,050 30/11/2022
    Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of building for a charity to support people experience domestic and sexual abuse in Scotland
    National Lottery Community Fund - Cont Funding -Supporting survivors to reclaim control of their lives
    £178,133 31/10/2022
    This group will use the funding to support their Sunrise and Unity services. The former supports female-identifying survivors of sexual violence aged 18+ years in the Scottish Borders while the ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre
    £40,500 24/05/2022
    refurbishment of building for a charity to support people experience domestic and sexual abuse in Scotland
    Foundation Scotland - Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)
    £15,000 12/10/2021
    to increase the hours of CRM (Comprehensive Resource Method) therapy delivered by the Development Worker for one year only.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £5,000 07/10/2020
    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
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre (SBRCC)
    £5,000 07/10/2020
    to replace IT equipment and provide expenses for survivors, to allow SBRCC to continue to provide effective digital and in person support to people affected by rape or sexual violence across the ....more
    Women's Fund for Scotland - Grant to Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre
    £2,970 23/04/2020
    To cover the cost of additional hours for the support worker to meet the increase in weekly referrals for support to survivors in the Borders via phone and online.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting survivors to reclaim control of their lives
    £267,060 24/03/2020
    35
    This group will use the funding to continue its Sunrise service providing one to one support to female adult survivors who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives. The young ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/482
    £4,000 07/12/2017
    towards the salary of the part-time Development Worker
    Robertson Trust - Towards the organisation's running costs
    £30,000 21/03/2017
    Towards the organisation's running costs
    Robertson Trust - Renovation Costs
    £8,000 31/01/2017
    Renovation Costs
    Women's Fund for Scotland - Sexual Violence Outreach Worker
    £30,000 13/09/2016
    36
    to contribute towards the salary costs of a part time Sexual Violence Outreach Worker.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/04/2010, number: SC041423
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 23 September 2020 as a result of a conversion of a charitable company (Company number: SC377203, company name: Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre).
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    1a Wilderhaugh, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, TD1 1PW

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To relieve the distress of self-identifying females over the age of 18 and survivors, of all gender identity, between the age of 12 and 18 in the Scottish borders area, who have experienced sexual violence, and to relieve the distress also of their partners, friends and families, through the provision of emotional and practical support, information, and advocacy. and 4.2 To promote understanding of the causes and prevention of sexual violence and the mitigation of its effects.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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