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Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support

Registered charity 1126682 Registered since 2008

Operates: Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021

50 from 39 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.sarsas.org.uk
Emailinfo@sarsas.org.uk
Phone01179299556
AddressPO BOX 2942, BRISTOL, BS1 9EU

Finances

£2,818,283 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,520,591£1,277,842
2022£1,580,750£1,657,656
2023£2,664,845£2,508,454
2024£3,044,628£3,086,287
2025£2,818,283£3,120,324

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1. To reduce the impact of trauma and empower positive change for people who have experienced any form of sexual violence, however long ago, through the provision of services, support and information. Services are primarily provided to people in Bristol, Somerset and surrounding areas and in recognition that women and girls are disproportionately affected by sexual violence.2. To educate the public about sexual violence and raise awareness of the impacts of rape and sexual abuse on the survivor and wider society.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/10/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/11/2013 as amended on 16 Mar 2021 as amended on 10 Mar 2025 as amended on 31 Jul 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
38median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support · 06738639 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/10/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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