## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
Charity number 1139555
A company limited by guarantee number 07202588
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2026
Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 13|
|Examiner's report|14|
|Statement of financial activities|15|
|Balance sheet|16|
|Statement of cash flows|17|
|Notes to the accounts|18 to 25|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates** Eleanor Broadbent Miriam Moss Sarah Howells Treasurer Lindsay Britton-Robertson Resigned 27 April 2025 Rosemary Carr Resigned 22 September 2025 Rosalind Weaver Romeena Masood Olivia Engle Jessica Sweet Trina Beaumont Appointed 28 April 2026 Natasha Golding Appointed 12 March 2026 **Charity number** 1139555 Registered in England and Wales **Company number** 07202588 Registered in England and Wales **Registered and principal address** Oxford House Oxford Row Leeds LS1 3BE **Bankers** CAF Bank The Charity Bank Limited Shawbrook Bank Limited 25 Kings Hill Avenue Fosse House Lutea House Kings Hill, West Malling 182 High Street Warley Hill Business Park, Kent. ME19 4TA Tonbridge, TN9 1BE The Drive Great Warley, Brentwood Essex. CM13 3BE
**Independent examiner** Katy Sargeant ACA **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
SARSVL registered with Companies House as a Company Limited by Guarantee (Company Number: 07202588) on 25 March 2010 and with the Charity Commission (Registered Charity Number: 1139555) on 29 December 2010. SARSVL’s governing document is a Memorandum & Articles of Association as amended on 11 November 2010 and 30 October 2018. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10.
During the reporting period and up to and including the date the report was approved, the charity trustees delegated day-to-day management of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Katherine (‘Katie’) Russell.
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025
## **Structure, governance and management continued**
Board of Trustee meetings have been held minimum quarterly throughout the year, each with the CEO and one other member of the senior staff team in attendance plus administrative support from the Office Coordinator.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees continued**
The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.
Trustees are recruited in one of two ways. The first is through proactive advertisement of trustee vacancies through a range of networks, targeting in particular any groups of people or skills sets the existing Board has identified (e.g. through its regular skills audit) as underrepresented among them. The second is through responding to approaches from people who speculatively express interest in joining the SARSVL Board of Trustees. In both cases, we ask prospective trustees to complete a written application, in which they explain the skills, knowledge and experience they can bring to the Board, as well as why they are interested in the charity and the role, and how their values and aims align with the charity’s. A trustee role description and person specification are provided to assist with this. We also request two appropriate references. After the written application has been assessed by a designated ad hoc sub-group, usually consisting of one to three existing trustees and/or the CEO, the applicant will then be invited to an informal interview where both parties can find out more. If the applicant is deemed a useful addition to the Board and is still interested in joining after this, they will be invited to attend the next scheduled Board meeting for which they are available, initially as an observer. After this, new trustees can be co-opted by the existing Board until the next scheduled AGM, when they can be formally elected by the membership in the usual way. All trustees undergo an enhanced DBS check due to the nature of the charity’s work.
Trustee induction includes: a one-to-one meeting with the CEO covering all aspects of the charity’s governance and in-depth introduction to its finances; meetings with the three service managers for more detailed introduction to the charity’s frontline work; provision of all the organisation’s policies, procedures and business plan, with the requirement to read and familiarise themselves with these, and ask any questions that might arise from them; ad hoc meetings with other trustees and/or the CEO on request to answer any queries. All trustees are also provided with the Charity Commission’s CC3 The Essential Trustee document. All trustees have access to relevant in-house and external training and development opportunities on an ongoing basis.
## **Volunteers**
Volunteers have been central to SARSVL’s history and development and are still involved in many aspects of the organisation, from membership of the Board of Trustees, to providing direct services, to communications and fundraising. SARSVL had 25 volunteers in total during this period: two volunteer counsellors, 22 helpline (and helpline training) volunteers and one communications / social media volunteer.
## **Paid staff**
The staffing structure at 31 March 2026 consisted of:
Senior team
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - 35 hours per week (full-time)
- Helpline Services Manager - 35 hours per week
- ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy) Service Manager - 35 hours per week
- 2x Counselling Service Managers (job share) - each at 24.5 hours per week (49 hours total)
- Operations Manager - 21 hours per week
Other paid staff
- Office Co-ordinator - 35 hours per week
- Finance Co-ordinator - 6 hours per week
- Pathfinder Key Worker – 35 hours per week
- Outreach Worker – 21 hours per week
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Other paid staff continued
- Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) - 35 hours per week
- Young Person’s ISVA - 35 hours per week
- ISVA - 28 hours per week
- Counsellor - 28 hours per week
- Counsellor - 18 hours per week
- 3 x Counsellor - 14 hours per week
- Counsellor - 10 hours per week
- 2 x Counsellors - 8 hours per week
- Cleaner - 2 hours per week
Staff rates of pay have been set in accordance with the appropriate NJC payscale for the role. The Board of Trustees commits to conducting an organisational pay review as a minimum every five years, including benchmarking against comparable charities’ salaries.
## **Partnerships and memberships**
SARSVL is the professionally approved Rape Crisis Centre for Leeds, accredited against the specialist Rape Crisis National Service Standards.
The charity is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), The Helplines Partnership, the West Yorkshire Rape Crisis Partnership and the Women & Girls Alliance – Leeds (formerly known as ‘Women’s Lives Leeds’).
SARSVL is also a Mindful Employer Plus, and signatory to the Women Friendly Leeds Employer Charter and the Violence Against Women & Girls Sector Anti-Racism Charter.
## **Trustees’ statement**
This year has seen some exciting new developments at SARSVL, in terms of programmes, projects, people, and planning.
SARSVL competed for and was awarded our first ever tender for the West Yorkshire-wide ISVA service as part of the West Yorkshire Rape Crisis Partnership, alongside RASAC (Kirklees, Calderdale, Wakefield) and Bradford Rape Crisis. This was a major shift in West Yorkshire, as the previously commissioned service had held the tender for many years. It is thanks to the tireless work by our CEO and other colleagues that the tender was successful and that the service was in a good place to begin in financial year 2026-27.
Locally, we began an innovative programme of outreach work at Basis Yorkshire, which is an organisation that supports women and nonbinary people who work in the sex industry, and women and young people who have been sexually exploited. This is a population that has experienced high levels of sexual violence but may be least likely to access support. Our Outreach Worker’s engagement at the organisation has enabled new survivors to reach SARSVL services.
Also locally, our Pathfinder Key Worker, as part of the wider West Yorkshire Pathfinder team, has provided holistic and coordinated support to survivors navigating various systems. The support has been hands-on and tailored to each individual, recognising their complex and diverse needs.
As the organisation’s activities are growing, so too is our staff team. For our Outreach and Pathfinder projects, key workers were recruited that made an immediate impact and have built strong relationships with local services and communities of interest.
In response to feedback from clients, we have also recruited a new counsellor with specified group counselling experience and responsibilities. They have helped SARSVL to further develop and embed our group work, including psychoeducation and peer support groups. We have also formally employed one of our long-standing counselling volunteers, who has been and will continue to be instrumental in supporting survivors at SARSVL.
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Trustees’ statement continued**
Likewise, we have formally employed our previously freelance Finance Co-ordinator, which has reduced some administrative duties of senior management and generally eased finance-related processes and planning. We also welcomed new volunteers and Trustees to SARSVL.
Underpinning all our great work this year is our commitment to sustainability and long-term planning in partnership with survivors. After hard work across the organisation, we received reaccreditation against the specialist Rape Crisis National Service Standards (RCNSS). We have also been developing our new 5-year business plan, which has involved extensive consultation with our clients and other survivors as well as input from staff, Trustees, and volunteers. Our future-facing work has been further enabled by the updating and developing of key policies and procedures within the organisation.
## **The charity's objects**
SARSVL’s objects as set out in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association are:
- 1) To relieve the mental and physical distress of women and girls affected, or at risk of being affected, by rape and sexual violence, recognising their diverse needs;
- 2) To promote the education of the public and to raise awareness of rape and sexual violence and its effects;
- 3) To promote research into rape and sexual violence and its effects and to disseminate or publish the useful results of such research.
## **Aims, objectives and outcomes**
SARSVL is currently working to its five-year Business Plan for 2021-26. The year reflected in this report has been Year 5 of this Plan.
The overarching **aim** identified by the 2021-26 Business Plan, which supports the charity in achieving its objects, is:
“that SARSVL will enable sustainable recovery for women and girls who have experienced rape or sexual violence, through high-quality, specialist, holistic and secure services which meet the diverse needs of women and girls in Leeds.”
Beneath this aim sit three key objectives for the five-year period, the success of which are measured against the following outcomes:
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Activities for the public benefit**
All our charitable activities focus on supporting and helping women and girls who have been affected by rape and/or other forms of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, and are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.
During the reporting period, the charity’s legal objects, overarching aim and objectives have been achieved predominantly through the following main activities:
- l Provision of specialist Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) services to women, girls (including cis and trans women and girls) and nonbinary people (who feel our women-centred approach is right for them) aged 13+ who have reported or are considering reporting sexual violence or abuse to the police
- l Provision of specialist counselling and therapeutic services, including shorter- and longer-term one-toone and groupwork, to women (including trans and cis women) and nonbinary people aged 18+ Provision of specialist emotional support over the Freephone, text and email helpline for women, girls and nonbinary people aged 13+
- l Provision of specialist outreach work, particularly to improve the suitability of and access to SARSVL services for sex workers and homeless survivors and to support access to and engagement with health services for those with the most complex mental health needs following sexual violence trauma (NHS Pathfinder project)
- l Significant partnership work with a diverse range of local, regional and national partners
- l Provision of talks, training and workshops to other organisations and professionals, and attendance at and participation in a wide range of forums, meetings and events
- l Online communication and campaigns work, including four social media channels
## **Achievements and performance**
During the period, SARSVL provided direct, specialist support services to 1,717 individuals.
A summary of the charity’s achievements against its business plan outcomes over the year:
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) Service**
The SARSVL ISVA service provided 1,889 one-to-one client support sessions, and a further 11,470 direct contacts, to a total of 192 individuals during the year (a 10% increase on the previous year), 29 of whom were young people aged 13 – 17. The team supported on 20 cases which concluded at court during the reporting period and five Section 28s.
The value of the support provided by our ISVAs is reflected through the feedback we receive from our service users:
_“My ISVA has really helped me through this journey. I feel very lucky to have had her through this time. She was the most helpful person especially when in court. She really helped me to cope with how I felt throughout this journey.”_
_“Being heard and taken seriously has been incredibly important to me. I have spent a long time doubting myself, but using your service has given me the confidence and understanding that what happened was wrong, and I have the right to stand up to my abuser and take action. Having someone to fight for me and support me fully throughout this process is invaluable, and I am so grateful for all the help I have received.”_
_“Seeing my ISVA has given me the space to understand what has happened, being believed and nothing being played down has given me the space and validation I have needed to begin dealing with everything.”_
_“The support I have received from my ISVA has helped me in all aspects of life. She has helped me to understand so much and supported every emotion I have felt while going through the process. Her working with me has meant so much and I’m not sure I would have been able to face certain things without her support.”_
_“My ISVA was amazing, warm, caring, considerate, polite and very thoughtful. I felt understood and cared for. Knowing I had someone in my corner when going through this horrendous process was extremely helpful. I felt highly stressed about dealing with the police and my meetings with her kept me calm and able to face them.”_
## **Counselling Service**
SARSVL’s specialist Counselling Service directly supported 208 individuals during the year.
A number of these received a range of therapeutic interventions, including one-to-one and group-based services.
6,197 sessions and contacts were delivered by the service in total, including 1,889 1:1 counselling and support sessions.
This service delivery included psychoeducation groups, the peer support group and support via our new specialist Outreach pilot and NHS Pathfinder project.
Of those who completed counselling with SARSVL during the year:
- l 100% saw some improvement in their health and wellbeing
- l Of these, 88% saw improved mental health
- l 87% felt better able to look after their physical health and
- l 77% had overall better health and wellbeing
- l 89% felt better able to manage their self-harm
- l 86% felt less isolated or alone
- l 68% felt less anxious
Some feedback we’ve received from counselling clients in their own words:
_“I really valued being listened to in a safe environment. It has been a really reassuring experience that there are people who will trust you and make therapy feel like an open conversation. Everything that I have brought up has felt valid and important because of the way it was received.”_
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## **Counselling Service continued**
_“It has helped my mental health 100 percent.”_
_“The service has helped me more than you will ever know. The group sessions I had before one to one counselling were so valuable. It was nice to be among people who unfortunately had something in common. It made me feel less alone. I truly hope that the service can continue to be what it is and a lot more.”_
_“It changed my views in life so much to a positive way of thinking.”_
_“The unconditional support, care and empathy my amazing counsellor gave me throughout…made me feel completely safe and never judged. I have worked through things I had been keeping to myself for years, and [my counsellor] helped me feel so proud of myself for all the hard work I have put in”_
And feedback about our new Outreach and Pathfinder work so far:
_“Wholeheartedly, Thank you so much for everything! I know I broke down there and you stood by me, how incredible and amazing! Your time and dedication is priceless, the deepest understanding and kindness!_
_Thank you for being in my life!”_
_“SARSVL helped me integrate trauma tools into my life and feel safer in my body again.”_
_“I felt supported and understood, overall my mental health has improved.”_
_“We have been able to engage women in trauma support who wouldn’t usually be able to access mainstream counselling or psychoeducation, which is amazing. The flexible approach has aligned really well with the support we provide! the referral process and communication has been easy.” (from partner agency professional)_
## **Helpline Service**
SARSVL’s helpline responded to 3,699 incoming contacts (1,385 calls, 2,314 texts and emails) from 1,317 individuals this year, of which 1,201 were new.
The service also provided 78 outgoing emotional support calls for sexual violence and abuse survivors on our counselling waiting list.
Though our helpline is a confidential service, and many callers choose to remain anonymous, some choose to give their consent to share their feedback about the service they’ve received from us:
Caller reflecting on what went well for them in waiting list support calls: _“...being able to let it all out after keeping it in so long. It’s good knowing support was out there and talking to someone who doesn't know you and doesn't judge. It has helped. If I’d just had to wait for an unknown time without having anything it would have been quite hard. Thank you for being here.”_
_“I found the breaks between calls helpful - to have the ability to reflect in between, gain perspective, process the really heavy emotions. [My] first call was very distressing but this enabled me to prioritise and unpack what I need the counselling for…[I] feel really supported by knowing I can still call the helpline whilst waiting for counselling, don't feel dropped.'_
_“It was useful to have someone to talk to specifically about sexual violence, particularly as it’s hard to bring up to friends and family. It’s been important to feel believed and the affirmation of my experience has been important, particularly after the trauma of the court proceedings... I’ve enjoyed speaking to women and that feels important that I was able to talk to other women. The calls have helped me to process what happened and start to process what I’m, feeling.”_ The caller spoke about, _'the different experiences I’ve had waiting for mental health support and other support where I’m just on a waiting list but otherwise don’t know anything about the wait. SARSVL has been responsive at all points of contact and I appreciate this... it’s important to me and it's been a positive experience.'_
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Monitoring and evaluation**
We use two main specialist tools to record and report on monitoring data:
- l Visia, a bespoke data performance management system co-developed for and with Rape Crisis Centres
- l The clinical change measurement system CORE.net for counselling, which tracks clients’ experiences across four domains of risk, wellbeing, problems and functioning, and monitors therapeutic change.
We use these in conjunction with the Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) Monitoring & Evaluation Framework assessment tool, which enables us to track data on the ‘cope and recover’ outcomes set out in the Victims’ Funding Strategy. Data is gathered through:
- l Detailed referral forms (with follow-up calls as needed), including questions about risk and need to inform prioritisation and allocation, plus demographics data
- l Initial assessment, including establishing levels of risk in more detailInitial assessment, including establishing levels of risk in more detail
- l Before, Review and After Questionnaires, identifying starting points in terms of health, well-being, daily functioning, relationships/support networks and safety, and tracking them throughout clients’ journeys of healing and pursuit of criminal and social justice.
We’ll further ensure the quality of data returns with:
- l Initial and ongoing training in DPMS (and CORE.net as relevant) for staff and volunteers
- l Regular data audits to check accuracy and identify areas for improvement
- l Building monitoring data input and extraction into all staff and volunteer job/role descriptions and schedules
- l Diarising time at mid-year and year-end for staff to dedicate to quality reporting.
## **Plans for future periods**
Our plans for the next period are set out in our new 5-year Business Plan 2026 – 31.
Our objectives are divided into three key areas: provision, awareness, and sustainability.
## **Provision**
Ensure our specialist services are fully accessible, responsive and appropriate for women, girls and nonbinary people in the Leeds District, and are designed and run in partnership with those who use our services.
- l Expand service provision to meet the needs of all survivors who want to use our services
- l Ensure our services are run in line with best practice guidelines
- l Continue to embed our anti-racist, trans-inclusive, intersectional feminism within the organisation
- l Further embed lived experience in our work
## **Awareness**
Ensure sexual violence and abuse and our work to combat them are understood in communities and by other agencies across Leeds and beyond.
- l Increase and develop our external profile
- l Ensure SARSVL is known as the local ‘go to’ organisation for all issues relating to sexual violence and abuse
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Sustainability**
Ensure the organisation is well-run and sustainable through robust governance and leadership, and diverse funding streams which enable both continuity and innovation.
- l Ensure strong team morale for all staff and volunteers who work with SARSVL
- l Ensure a culture of robust and supportive governance
- l Sustain and increase our capacity to deliver our services
## **Financial review**
The net expenditure for the year was £59,494, including net income of £17,617 on unrestricted funds and net expenditure of £77,111 on restricted funds.
SARSVL made a planned deficit of £59,494 in 2025-26 (2024-25: a surplus of £138,639). Total income for 2025-26 was £639,478 (£107,157 less than the £746,635 income figure for 2024-25). Total expenditure for 2025-26 was £698,972 (£90,976 more than the £607,996 expenditure figure for 2024-25).
In 2025-26 SARSVL’s total unrestricted reserves (including fixed assets) increased by £17,617 from £282,123 to £299,740. Our plans for these are detailed in the reserves section of this report. Restricted reserves decreased by £77,111 to £86,793. Year-end restricted fund balances as at 31 March 2025 were used to supplement funding received in 2025-26 to support increased activity during the year including the development of the new business plan, the social enterprise scoping exercise and an expanded staff team allowing for an enhanced and diversified service provision as outlined above.
## **Funding sources**
In 2025-2026 SARSVL’s main sources of funding and the areas they supported were:
- l Rape and sexual Abuse Support Fund, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contributing to core staffing and running costs
- l West Yorkshire Combined Authority contributing to staff and running costs of the ISVA service
- l The Henry Smith Foundation Improving Lives Grant Programme supporting the running costs of the counselling service and the Operations Manager post
- l The Leathersellers’ Foundation supporting SARSVL’s counselling service and core work
- l The Lloyds Bank Foundation via their Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Specialist Programme supporting SARSVL’s core work
- l The Hollick Family Fund contributing unrestricted funding to the general running of the charity
- l NHS via RASAC - Kirklees, Calderdale & Wakefield Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre supporting the Pathfinder Key Worker Project
## **New funding sources include:**
- l The People’s Postcode Lottery (Postcode Neighbourhood Trust) supporting specialist services for sexual violence and abuse survivors, including counselling, advocacy and the helpline
- l Jimbo’s Fund via Leeds Community Foundation contributing to specialist support groups for sexual violence survivors
- l The Big Give (Small Charity Week June 2025) donations supporting the running costs for the specialist counselling, helpline and ISVA service
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## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
**Funds carried forward** as at 31 March 2025 and used to fund activity during 2025-26 included:
- l The Rosa Stand With Us Programme to buy in expertise to support the development of our business plan and to explore and develop new funding opportunities
- l The legacy donation from the estate of Judith Weymont – an unrestricted donation but designated by the Board to be used to fund the SARSVL Family Support staffing policy, plus other wellbeing support for staff and service users
- l The Big Give (Women & Girls programme) donations supporting the costs of the Outreach programme
## **Future plans**
2025-26 was the fifth year of SARSVL’s five-year business plan. A new five-year business plan has been developed for 2026-31. As part of that plan we will ensure that a robust fundraising strategy underpins our sustainability and growth, and as part of this, we also aim to develop and deliver a new social enterprise fundraising model.
We continue to operate in a difficult and challenging environment, especially in terms of funding, along with other voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. There have been changes across the violence against women and girls (VAWG) sector, and we continue to notice increased competition for funding amongst non-specialist and specialist sexual violence organisations, which may have an impact on services. We do, however, have proven ability to raise funds in these challenging times. With the uncertainty of long-term funding, trustees prioritise long-term sustainability in their planning processes. SARSVL was able to expand its work in 2025-26, and 2026-27 will see further expansion to include participation in the delivery of the WY-wide ISVA service. Further funding applications are in progress for 2026-27 and beyond. The trustees remain optimistic about the charity’s future.
The trustees have reassessed the charity’s ability to continue for at least 12 months from the date that the accounts are approved and conclude that even with funding uncertainty they are confident of the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.
## **Reserves policy**
In considering the reserve requirements for SARSVL the trustees have taken into account the needs of the people we work with, our legal obligations and identified risk to our income and expenditure.
As an organisation that provides services to vulnerable people the trustees believe that a level of reserves should be maintained to ensure a stability and continuity of service provision and ultimately, if required, a managed service closure, with time to enable alternative support provision to be arranged and all legal obligations and cash flow considerations covered. Trustees have reviewed the required level of reserves taking account of recent financial history, the current financial situation of the charity and the broader current financial climate. Taking the above into account trustees feel the right level of unrestricted reserves is between £240,000 and £290,000.
The charity's total reserves were £386,533, of which £86,793 relates to restricted funds. Within the remaining funds, £19,476 was the value of tangible fixed assets. This leaves a balance of £280,264 free reserves.
This sum includes a Designated Fund of £54,086 (The Judith Weymont Collective Care Fund). Setting aside this Designated fund, the remaining unrestricted funds are £226,178 representing just over three months of 2026-27 budgeted expenditure.
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
approved by the board of trustees on 29/7/26
Eleanor Broadbent (Trustee)
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2026, which are set out on pages 15 to 25.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charitable company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a fellow of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act.
I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a fellow of ICAEW which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4 the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Katy Sargeant ACA
6/8/26
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Statement of Financial Activities
## (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2026
|Notes
2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
(2)
91,309
Charitable activities
(3)
25,139
Bank interest
7,424
**Total income**
123,872
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
(4)
340
Charitable activities
(5)
105,915
**Total expenditure**
106,255
**Net income / (expenditure)**
17,617
**Fund balances brought forward**
282,123
**Fund balances carried forward**
(6)
299,740|2026
Restricted
funds
£
515,606
-
-
515,606
4,123
588,594
592,717
(77,111)
163,904
86,793|2026
Total
funds
£
606,915
25,139
7,424
639,478
4,463
694,509
698,972
(59,494)
446,027
386,533|2025
Total
funds
£
718,939
23,558
4,138
746,635
485
607,511
607,996
138,639
307,388
446,027|
|---|---|---|---|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
## Balance sheet
|as at 31 March 2026
2026
Unrestricted
£
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
(7)
19,476
**Total fixed assets**
19,476
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
(8)
19,673
Cash at bank and in hand
(9)
284,404
**Total current assets**
304,077
**Current liabilities:**
**amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
(10)
23,813
**Total current liabilities**
23,813
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
280,264
**Net assets**
299,740
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
General unrestricted funds
245,654
Designated funds
(12)
54,086
Unrestricted funds
299,740
Restricted funds
-
**Total funds**
299,740|2026
Restricted
£
-
-
16,736
73,203
89,939
3,146
3,146
86,793
86,793
-
-
-
86,793
86,793|2026
Total
£
19,476
19,476
36,409
357,607
394,016
26,959
26,959
367,057
386,533
245,654
54,086
299,740
86,793
386,533|2025
Total
£
28,599
28,599
28,112
411,228
439,340
21,912
21,912
417,428
446,027
227,473
54,650
282,123
163,904
446,027|
|---|---|---|---|
For the year ending 31 March 2026 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 29/7/26
Eleanor Broadbent (Trustee)
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Statement of cash flows
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**Cash flows from operating activities:**
**Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities**
**Cash flows from investing activities:**
Bank interest
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (excluding donated assets)
**Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities**
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period**
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Bank interest
(Increase) / decrease in debtors
Increase / (decrease) in creditors
**Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities**
**Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**
Notice deposits (less than 30 days)
**Total cash and cash equivalents**
**Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow**
**from operating activities**
Net movement in funds for the reporting period (as per the
statement of financial activities)
Cash in hand|2026
£
(61,045)
7,424
-
7,424
(53,621)
411,228
357,607
2026
£
(59,494)
9,123
(7,424)
(8,297)
5,047
(61,045)
2026
£
113
357,494
357,607|2025
£
135,532
4,138
4,138
139,670
271,558
411,228
2025
£
138,639
9,123
(4,138)
1,183
(9,275)
135,532
2025
£
30
411,198
411,228|
|---|---|---|
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Going concern**
The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
Donated assets, facilities or services are valued at their estimated value to the charity. This is the price that the charity estimates it would pay in the open market for equivalent items; or services and facilities of equivalent utility to the charity.
## **Expenditure and liabilities**
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets costing more than £1,000 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows: Leasehold improvements: over 5 years Fixtures and fittings: over 5 years Computer equipment: over 3 years
## **Pensions**
The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year they are payable.
**continued overleaf**
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **1 Accounting policies continued**
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
## **Leases**
Rents under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the lease term or to an earlier date if the lease can be determined without financial penalty.
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**2 Donations and legacies**
Legacies
Grants
Hollick Family Foundation
Leeds Community Foundation (LCF)
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Ministry of Justice
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
RASAC
The Henry Smith Charity
The Leathersellers' Foundation
W. Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA)
Charles Hayward Foundation
Forum Central
ROSA
West Yorkshire Mayor (WYM)
Other grants and donations
**3 Charitable activities income**
Delivered services income
Reimbursed expenses
**4 Raising funds**
Fundraising costs
**5 Charitable activities expenditure**
Charitable activities|2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
20,000
-
25,000
-
-
-
-
27,500
-
-
-
-
-
18,809
91,309
2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
25,139
-
25,139
2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
340
340
Activities
undertaken
directly
£
448,922
448,922|2026
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
18,680
-
229,084
25,000
17,277
76,580
128,847
-
-
-
-
20,138
515,606
2026
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
2026
Restricted
funds
£
4,123
4,123
Support
costs
£
245,587
245,587|2026
Total
funds
£
-
20,000
18,680
25,000
229,084
25,000
17,277
76,580
27,500
128,847
-
-
-
-
38,947
606,915
2026
Total
funds
£
25,139
-
25,139
2026
Total
funds
£
4,463
4,463
2026
Total
cost
£
694,509
694,509|2025
Total
funds
£
54,869
-
15,000
25,000
229,084
-
50,816
110,000
25,000
126,843
25,000
10,000
25,000
9,724
12,603
718,939
2025
Total
funds
£
23,405
153
23,558
2025
Total
funds
£
485
485
2025
Total
cost
£
607,511
607,511|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**5a Support costs**
**Support cost type**
Management and admin salaries
Financial management support
Payroll fees and recruitment
IT support
Memberships and subscriptions
Independent examination
Trustee and governance costs
**5b Charitable activities expenditure detail**
Staffing costs
(5c)
Payroll and recruitment
Staff travel and training
Volunteers expenses
Rent, rates and utilities
Repairs, renewals and cleaning
Telephones, mobiles and internet
Website and IT
Office equipment and supplies
Printing and publicity
Stationery, postage and books
Insurance
Freelance support
Professional fees, memberships and donations
Interpretation services
Refreshments
Trustee and governance costs
Independent examination
Monitoring and evaluation
Service user direct costs
IT support
Depreciation|Charitable
activity
£
169,952
7,089
4,282
4,880
7,446
-
-
193,649
2026
Unrestricted
funds
£
76,429
607
1,234
121
9,756
121
1,167
1,558
-
200
146
438
2,445
799
-
320
146
458
624
93
130
9,123
105,915|Governance
activity
£
49,643
171
-
-
-
1,978
146
51,938
2026
Restricted
funds
£
475,667
3,675
2,580
2,653
38,909
942
10,973
2,300
1,162
1,835
379
2,350
27,040
6,647
354
322
-
1,520
3,724
812
4,750
-
588,594|2026
Total
cost
£
219,595
7,260
4,282
4,880
7,446
1,978
146
245,587
2026
Total
cost
£
552,096
4,282
3,814
2,774
48,665
1,063
12,140
3,858
1,162
2,035
525
2,788
29,485
7,446
354
642
146
1,978
4,348
905
4,880
9,123
694,509|2025
Total
cost
£
202,055
8,669
3,220
3,650
1,772
1,920
163
221,449
2025
Total
cost
£
470,059
3,220
3,773
2,487
47,998
2,083
10,870
3,328
1,023
1,318
548
3,628
24,479
1,772
2,323
247
163
1,920
3,985
9,514
3,650
9,123
607,511|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions|2026
£
482,828
58,069
(10,500)
21,699
552,096|2025
£
416,688
38,471
(5,000)
19,900
470,059|
|---|---|---|
## **5c Staff costs and numbers**
The average number of employees during the year was 19.6, being an average of 12.8 full time equivalent (2025: 15.6, 10.8 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
**6 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
The Henry Smith Charity
37,525
LCF Jimbo's Fund
-
The Ministry of Justice
-
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
-
RASAC
48,022
ROSA
24,167
Forum Central - HSF
80
The Big Give
54,110
WYCA
-
163,904|Incoming
£
76,580
18,680
229,084
25,000
17,277
-
-
20,138
128,847
515,606|Outgoing
£
79,589
14,010
229,084
25,000
51,427
24,167
80
40,513
128,847
592,717|2026
£
21,699
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2025
£
19,900
Balance c/f
£
34,516
4,670
-
-
13,872
-
-
33,735
-
86,793|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Fund name**
## **Purpose of restriction**
The Henry Smith Charity For provision of a specialist counselling service. LCF Jimbo's Fund To fund specialist support groups for sexual violence survivors. The Ministry of Justice Towards the provision of specialist support services for adult female victims of rape and sexual abuse.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust To fund specialist support groups for sexual violence and abuse survivors, including counselling, advocacy and the helpline.
RASAC To support the Pathfinder Keyworker project. ROSA To buy in expertise to support the development of our next business plan and to explore and develop new funding opportunities.
Forum Central - HSF To support households over the cost of living crisis. The Big Give The brought forward balance has been used to fund the outreach and support work to extend delivery to women underserved by SARSVL services, specifically street homeless women and sex workers. In-year income (Small Charity week June 25) has been used in full during the year to support the running costs for the specialist counselling, helpline and ISVA services.
WYCA
To provide emotional and practical support to victims of sexual violence. To provide additional support to SARSVL’s ISVA service.
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**7 **
**8 **
**9 **
**10 **
**11 **|**Tangible assets**
**Cost**
£
£
At 1 April 2025
45,617
7,083
Additions
-
-
At 31 March 2026
45,617
7,083
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2025
17,018
7,083
Charge for year
9,123
-
At 31 March 2026
26,141
7,083
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2026
19,476
-
At 31 March 2025
28,599
-
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
Prepayments
Accrued income
Other debtors
**Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
**Creditors and accruals**
Creditors
Accruals
Deferred income (see note below for analysis)
**Deferred income**
Delivered services income
**Item name**
**Reason for deferral**
Delivered services income
IT
equipment
Lease
improvemen
Services to be delivered after the year end.|£
8,234
-
8,234
8,234
-
8,234
-
-
2026
£
13,800
17,806
4,573
230
36,409
2026
£
357,494
113
357,607
2026
£
1,568
8,256
17,135
26,959
Deferred to
next year
£
17,135
17,135
Fixtures &
Fittings|Total
£
60,934
-
60,934
32,335
9,123
41,458
19,476
28,599
2025
£
13,640
14,472
-
-
28,112
2025
£
411,198
30
411,228
2025
£
3,317
1,920
16,675
21,912
Released
from last
year
£
16,675
16,675|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**12 Designated funds**
Judith Weymont Coll. Care|Balance b/f
£
54,650
54,650|Incoming
£
-
-|Outgoing
£
1,541
1,541|Transfers
£
977
977|Balance c/f
£
54,086
54,086|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
**Fund name Reason for designation** The Judith Weymont To be used to fund the SARSVL family support staffing policy and other wellCollective Care Fund being support for staff and service users. The transfer in was for the bank interest earned on the legacy balance held in the bank during the year.
## **13 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
During the year 1 trustee were paid a total of £19 in respect of travel (previous year: 1 trustee and £43).
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
## **Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel**
The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £236,690 (previous year: £221,047).
## **14 Operating leases**
|Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
Over five years from the balance sheet date
Expected future minimum lease payments over the remaining life of the
lease, analysed into the period in which the commitment falls due:|2026
£
31,737
35,487
-
67,224|2025
£
9,454
2,100
-
11,554|
|---|---|---|
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## Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)
## Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2026
|2026
2025
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
**Income**
Donations and legacies
91,309
117,472
Charitable activities
25,139
23,558
Bank interest
7,424
4,138
**Total income**
123,872
145,168
**Expenditure**
Raising funds
340
485
Charitable activities
105,915
101,749
**Total expenditure**
106,255
102,234
**Net income / (expenditure)**
17,617
42,934
**Fund balances brought forward**
282,123
239,189
**Fund balances carried forward**
299,740
282,123|2026
Restricted
funds
£
515,606
-
-
515,606
4,123
588,594
592,717
(77,111)
163,904
86,793|2025
Restricted
funds
£
601,467
-
-
601,467
-
505,762
505,762
95,705
68,199
163,904|2026
Total
funds
£
606,915
25,139
7,424
639,478
4,463
694,509
698,972
(59,494)
446,027
386,533|2025
Total
funds
£
718,939
23,558
4,138
746,635
485
607,511
607,996
138,639
307,388
446,027|
|---|---|---|---|---|
25