## **Charity Registration Number. 1166591**
# **BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES (BSARCS)**
## **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and administrative information|3|
|Trustees’ report|4 - 9|
|Independent Examiner’s report|10|
|Statement of financial activities|11|
|Balance sheet|12|
|Statement of cash flows|13|
|Notes to the financial statements|14 - 21|
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**_______**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Full name:**|**Barnsley Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Services**|
|---|---|
|**Registered charity number:**|1166591|
|**Registered office & principal**||
|**address:**|P O BOX 775|
||Barnsley|
||S70 9PL|
|**Trustees:**|J Baker|
||K Firth|
||A Gladman –_appointed 02/07/2024_|
||J Keen|
||S N Powell|
||F Stephenson|
||A D Wilkinson|
|**Chairperson:**|F Stephenson|
|**Treasurer:**|K Firth|
|**Chief Executive Officer:**|L Casserly|
|**Bankers:**|United Trust Bank|
||Lloyds Bank plc|
||Charity Bank Limited|
||Nationwide Building Society|
|**Independent Examiner:**|Angela Hayes|
||Community Accountant|
||22 Brocklehurst Avenue|
||Barnsley|
||S70 3EE|
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025.
The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to 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).
## **Structure, governance and management**
Barnsley Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Services (BSARCS) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered with the Charity Commission and governed by its Constitution.
The CIO was incorporated on 18 April 2016 and commenced its activities on 01 April 2017. However, the organisation has been in existence since 1989. Prior to the incorporation of the CIO, BSARCS operated as an unincorporated charity (registration number 1001452) The CIO acquired the charitable funds and activities of registered charity number 1001452 on 01 April 2017. The members of the CIO are the charity trustees. Membership of the CIO cannot be transferred to anyone else. If the CIO is wound up, the liability of each member to contribute to the assets of the charity is limited to a sum not exceeding £1.
The affairs of the charity are managed by the trustees, who may exercise all the powers of the charity. The trustees delegate day-to-day management to the Chief Executive Officer, Lynne Casserly.
## **Appointment of trustees**
The trustees are appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees. The trustees, when complete, consist of at least three, there is no maximum number of charity trustees that may be appointed to the CIO. The trustees who served during the year, and to the date of the signing of this report, are listed on page 3.
## **Trustee training and induction**
All trustees are given a copy of the Trustee Handbook with information about the charity, the role of the trustee and relevant policies and procedures. Trustees are also provided with copies of the current version of the constitution and the latest Annual Report & Accounts. New trustees are invited to attend a Board meeting to observe, have an induction meeting with the Chair and are offered a review meeting on completion of 6 months in their role.
## **Risk management**
The trustees examine the major risks that the charity faces and put into operation systems so that necessary steps can be taken to lessen those risks. The charity has a robust risk management approach (detailed in policy) which is reviewed regularly by the trustees.
Risk to funding is managed by the charity’s commitment to maintaining a reserve equal to 4- months organisational costs and ensuring diverse and multiple funding streams. The risk to profile is minimised by regular participation at relevant strategic boards and forums; the development of a programme of specialist training, which is delivered regularly to multiple partner agencies; and through the charity leading an initiative, delivered in Barnsley but with national interest, which raises awareness and understanding of the incidence and impact of sexual violence.
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT continued**
**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Related parties**
The trustees consider that there are no related parties to the charity.
## **Charitable aims and objectives**
BSARCS is a charitable voluntary organisation that exists to support people who have been affected by sexual violence at any time in their lives. We recognise that sexual violence can affect everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, culture, sexuality, age or disability.
The principle objective of the charity is to relieve the mental and physical distress of mainly, but not entirely, women who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives.
## **Strategy**
In order to achieve its objectives, BSARCS’ strategic plan is to:
- Offer flexible, client-led support services which are accessible and equitable.
- Ensure that our team is equipped, through training and support, to deliver a high quality service to our clients.
- To raise awareness and understanding of the incidence and impact of sexual harm.
- To ensure that partner professionals are equipped, through training and support, to effectively respond to and support clients who disclose sexual harm.
- To work collaboratively with statutory and voluntary agencies to provide holistic support to our clients.
## **Clients**
BSARCS recognises that the reason it exists is to support people of all genders and of any age, living in Barnsley, who have experienced sexual harm at any time in their lives.
BSARCS provides specialist support to individuals who have reported, or who are considering reporting, their experience to the police. This support is available throughout the justice process, which can last for a number of years. BSARCS also provides therapeutic and wellbeing support to people not wishing to report their experience or pursue criminal justice, enabling them to cope and recover from their experience.
All of BSARCS services are free at the point of delivery.
## **Activities undertaken for the public benefit**
In order to achieve the charity’s aims, the trustees have paid due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
In furtherance of the aims and objectives, BSARCS offers trauma informed services including:
- Face-to-face, integrative counselling
- Peer support, delivered in a group setting
- Advocacy
- Support through the justice process
- Therapies for children
- Wellbeing Support
- Psycho-education
- Support for caregivers and relatives
- Specialist training for professionals
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Aims from last year**
In the last year, BSARCS aimed to:
1. Continue to drive the Ask the Question project.
2. To end the year with a break-even budget.
3. To maintain our existing services, delivering the right support to as many clients as is possible.
4. To ensure that the issue of sexual violence is considered at a strategic level in the borough.
## **Achievements of the aims**
1. Our Ask the Question (ATQ) initiative is successfully embedding routine enquiry in services across Barnsley, exceeding engagement and delivery targets. At the end of its second year, 20 stakeholder organisations were engaged with the project and almost half of them were providing data evidencing the incidence of sexual harm in their services. In February, in partnership with Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, the first sexual violence conference was held in Barnsley introducing the initiative to regional strategic leads, commissioners and partner agencies.
2. The continuation of existing funding and successful grant applications to the Henry Smith Foundation and South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit meant that we ended the financial year with a small income surplus, exceeding our aim of a break-even budget.
3. We are extremely pleased to report that we have maintained existing provision throughout the year, building on some services, particularly as we see peer organisations in other areas reducing services and closing referral pathways due to financial pressures.
4. Historically, sexual abuse and violence has largely been considered an extension to the issue of domestic abuse, with local strategic responses mirroring this position. This year, our ATQ initiative and the scale of our work with victims has evidenced that the issue of sexual violence has a significant impact on our community and that it warrants strategic consideration and a response which is separate to that of domestic abuse. BSARCS is actively engaging stakeholders in developing an appropriate and comprehensive strategic response to the issue of sexual violence in Barnsley.
## **Changes & Developments during the year**
In September 2024, as part of the South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnership, BSARCS’ Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) and Children’s Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (CISVA) services were independently assessed as having met the Quality Standards for ISVA services. We are extremely proud of achieving this quality mark which confirms, to our clients and to our commissioners, that we are delivering a high quality and well-managed ISVA service to victims of sexual harm who have reported, or are considering reporting, their experience to the police.
In February, BMBC funded a sexual violence conference, in which BSARCS introduced the Ask the Question initiative to attendees, which included representatives from specialist national agencies and regional local strategic and commissioning leads.
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT continued**
## **Our staff**
BSARCS employs professionally qualified staff to deliver its services. BSARCS employs 33 staff in a range of part-time, full-time and associate positions. Staff receive induction, specialist training and external clinical supervision throughout the year. The training we have facilitated includes courses around safeguarding, pre-trial therapy, ISVA accreditation and trauma informed working.
BSARCS also has a small team of volunteers who provide invaluable administrative and direct support to our service and service users.
We fully recognise that BSARCS staff work consistently in a way which exposes them to secondary trauma and we are very proud of their individual and shared resilience. The Trustees offer their thanks to everyone involved in ensuring that our services are delivered efficiently, effectively and to a high standard from initial contact, provision of support to building and business management.
## **Statistical outcomes**
In this reporting year, BSARCS worked with 1,456 people affected by an experience of sexual harm. Of those clients, 344 (23.6%) were children; 242 aged 13-17 years and 102 aged 12 or under. 1,182 of our clients (81%) told us that they were female, 253 were male and 21 identified as another gender.
During the year, BSARCS delivered a total of almost 41,000 interactions with, or in support of, our service users. Despite this high volume of work, there were 251 adults and 20 children waiting for our support at the end of the year.
Our trainers have delivered 109 specialist training sessions to 867 professionals in the year, receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees who describe being better informed on the impact of sexual harm, more confident in discussing sexual harm with their clients and more able to respond compassionately and in a trauma-informed manner to disclosures.
## **Funders**
A huge thank you to the individuals, grant givers and public bodies that have supported our work this year. Our funders for 2024-2025 include:
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- BBC Children In Need
- Groundwork UK
- Henry Smith Charity
- IDAS
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
- South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit
- The Ministry of Justice
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Individual donors and supporters
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT continued**
**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Aims for the coming year**
- Continue to build strategic support for our clients and our service
- To maintain the resourcing of our services through diverse funding streams
- To evaluate the work of ATQ for adults, with a rollout to children’s services
- To lead the South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnership as managing partner
## **Events after the end of the reporting period**
There were no events after the reporting period that would have a material effect on the accounts.
## **Financial review**
## Principle Funding Sources
BSARCS is currently dependant on grant and other external funding in order to sustain its activities. During the reporting period, grants were received from The National Lottery Community Fund, Ministry of Justice, The Henry Smith Charity, BBC Children in Need and Groundwork UK. Local Authority funding was another principle source of income, together with service agreements with Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS), SY Violence Reduction Unit and the SY Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC). Full details of funding received during the year are provided on page 16 of this report.
## The charity’s policy on reserves
To ensure service continuity in the event of funding difficulties, the BSARCS Trustee Board have agreed to retain financial reserves which would allow core operations to continue for a four-month period (equal to a third of the organisations’ annual expenditure): this would enable the board to fully explore the options available.
The main concerns of the Trustee Board are to ensure:
- That staff can continue working to deliver a service to clients and to try to secure new funding.
- That, if necessary, clients can be supported to a natural conclusion of their support with BSARCS and if necessary be signposted on to other services.
- That volunteers can be recruited and trained in order to maintain a presence for Barnsley residents.
- Unexpected costs can be met such as staff cover in case of illness or maternity/paternity leave.
- That financial obligations to staff and other contractual obligations can be met in the event the organisation needs to close.
The policy will be reviewed annually to ensure it’s a true reflection of where it needs to be, or upon a significant change to the funding of the organisation.
Based upon the current level of activity, four month’s expenditure equates to approximately £300,000. At the year ending 31 March 2025, the reserves held by the charity (represented by unrestricted funds) were £214,927 (2024: £206,143). The trustees will aim to increase reserves, to reach the target level, over the next few years.
## Financial position
The financial statements are set out in pages 11 to 21. The Statement of Financial Activities shows a surplus for the year of £72,819 (2024: a deficit of £116,391). The surplus in the current year includes a £61k increase in the value of Fixed Assets held by the charity.
Total funds at the year-end stand at £607,279 (2024: £534,460). The general reserves of the charity at the year end, stand at £214,927 (2024: £206,143).
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Trustees responsibilities for the financial statements**
Law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practice and:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and applicable accounting standards. 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.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Date: 19 November 2025
## **F Stephenson, Chair**
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
I report on the accounts of the charity, which are set out on pages 11 to 21.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 in this financial year. I am qualified to undertake the examination, being a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
- or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.
I have no concerns and I 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.
Signed: Date: 19 November 2025
Angela Hayes, FMAAT Community Accountant
22 Brocklehurst Avenue, Barnsley, S70 3EE
Angela Hayes is licensed and regulated by AAT under licence number 1006755
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## **BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Note**
**£**
**Income:**
Donations and legacies
2a
4,657
Income from charitable activities
2b
276,340
Income from other trading activities
2c
9,069
Investment income
2d
9,364
**Total income**
299,430
**Expenditure**
Cost of raising funds
3a
4,172
Expenditure on charitable activities
3b
230,154
Other expenditure
3c
27,620
**Total expenditure**
261,946
**Net income/expenditure for the year**
37,484
Transfers between funds
13
(28,700)
Total funds brought forward
206,143
**Total funds carried forward**
12
**214,927**|**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
-
36,432
-
627,944
-
-
-
-
-
664,376
-
-
3,724
625,317
-
-
3,724
625,317
(3,724)
39,059
65,132
(36,432)
322,539
5,778
**383,947**
**8,405**|**2025**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
41,089
904,284
9,069
9,364
963,806
4,172
859,195
27,620
890,987
72,819
-
534,460
**607,279**|**________**
2024
£
8,557
810,048
8,241
11,699|
|---|---|---|---|
||||838,545|
||||4,562
893,572
56,802|
||||954,936|
||||(116,391)
-
650,851|
||||534,460|
The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The Designated Funds are the Fixed Assets owned by the charity.
Prior year comparatives by fund are detailed in the notes to the accounts.
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## **BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **AS AT 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets
4
**Current assets**
Debtors
5
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
**Current liabilities**
Creditors
6
amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Creditors
7
amounts falling due after one year
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity**
12
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds (Fixed Assets)
Restricted funds
**Total funds**|**£**
39,254
414,386|**2025**
2024
**£**
£
£
383,947
322,539
58,506
338,031
396,537
(37,664)
367,930
358,873
(144,598)
(146,952)
**607,279**
534,460
214,927
206,143
383,947
322,539
8,405
5,778
**607,279**
534,460|**2025**
2024
**£**
£
£
383,947
322,539
58,506
338,031
396,537
(37,664)
367,930
358,873
(144,598)
(146,952)
**607,279**
534,460
214,927
206,143
383,947
322,539
8,405
5,778
**607,279**
534,460|
|---|---|---|---|
||453,640
(85,710)|||
|||||
||||534,460|
||||206,143
322,539
5,778|
||||534,460|
The trustees declare that they have approved the accounts above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Dated: 19 November 2025
## **F Stephenson, Chair**
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**________**
## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**Cash flows from operating activities:**
Adjustments for:
Investment Income
Depreciation
Purchase of property and equipment
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
(increase)/decrease in debtors
increase/(decrease) in creditors
**Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities**
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Interest received
**Cash flows from financing activities**
Cash inflows from new borrowing
Repayment of borrowing
Cash in hand and at bank
Notice deposits
**Total cash and cash equivalents**
**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**
Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period
(as per the Statement of Financial Activities)|**Total**
**Funds**
**2025**
**£**
72,819
(9,364)
3,724
(65,132)
-
19,252
47,606
68,905
9,364
-
(1,914)
76,355
338,031
**414,386**
316,986
97,400
**414,386**|**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
(116,391)
(11,699)
3,202
(321,708)
29,992
86,851
(2,853)|
|---|---|---|
|||(332,606)
11,699
150,000
(1,168)|
|||(172,075)
510,106|
|||338,031|
|||244,999
93,032|
|||338,031|
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of the preparation of the accounts**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) – (Charities SORP (FRS102)).
The financial statements are prepared in pounds sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.
Barnsley Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Services meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
## **Going Concern**
The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. After reviewing the charity’s forecasts and projections and its reserves, the trustees have reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. BSARCS has a healthy reserve and the charity is able to meet all liabilities as they fall due. No material uncertainties exist that would put the charity at risk of closure in the 12-month period from the date of signing of these accounts.
## **Incoming recognition**
All incoming resources have been included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is entitled to the income, when any performance conditions attached are met, when it is probable that the income will be received and when the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Donated goods and services**
Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts, at the amount the charity would pay in the open market for a service equivalent to that being donated, when the charity would otherwise have purchased them and the value can be measured reliably.
Donated goods for the charity’s own use are recognised as income, at their fair value.
The contribution of general volunteers is not recognised as income in the charity accounts.
## **Expenditure recognition**
All expenditure is included on an accruals basis and is recognised as a liability is incurred. The charity is not registered for VAT and accordingly resources expended are shown gross of irrecoverable VAT.
Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
## **Support cost allocation**
Support costs are those that assist the work of the charity but do not directly represent charitable activities and include office costs, governance costs, and administrative payroll costs. Where support costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.
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**BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Tangible Fixed Assets**
Tangible fixed assets, with a cost exceeding £1,000, are capitalised and depreciated over their expected useful lives. The rates applicable are:
- Fixtures, fittings & equipment – 20% on a straight line basis
- Computer & digital equipment – 33.333% on a straight line basis
In the year of acquisition, assets are depreciated for the full year.
Freehold property is not depreciated; it is maintained to a standard that the useful economic life is not diminished over time.
## **Taxation**
BSARCS is a registered charity and is exempt from UK corporation tax on income from its charitable activities.
## **Pension costs**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. Pension costs charged to the Statement of Financial Activities represent the contributions payable by the charity in the financial year.
## **Funds Structure**
The charity maintains a general unrestricted fund which represents funds which are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity.
Restricted funds have been provided to the charity for particular purposes and may only be spent for the purposes for which they were given. Any balance remaining outstanding on a restricted fund at the end of the year is carried forward as a balance on that fund, unless permission has been given by the funder to remove the restriction on the balance outstanding.
Funds relating to capital expenditure are transferred to a designated fund against which depreciation is charged. Other designated funds are established by the trustees, as appropriate.
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## **BARNSLEY SEXUAL ABUSE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **2. Analysis of income**
|2a**Donations & legacies:**
Gifts & donations
Grants received:
Groundwork UK
2b**Charitable activities:**
Grants received for service delivery:
National Lottery Community Fund
Ministry of Justice
BBC Children in Need
SY Police and Crime Commissioner
SY Police and Crime Commissioner (VRU)
The Henry Smith Charity
BMBC - Household Support Grant
BMBC - Ask the Question Training Pilot
Contracts & fees:
IDAS
BMBC Children's Provision
SY Sexual Violence Partnership
Training/Counselling fees
Rebates & miscellaneous income
2c**Other trading activities:**
Fundraising
Rental Income
2d**Investment income:**
Bank interest
**Total Income**|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
4,657
-
4,657
8,557
-
8,557
-
36,432
36,432
-
-
-
4,657
36,432
41,089
8,557
-
8,557
-
82,480
82,480
-
41,240
41,240
-
227,948
227,948
-
246,435
246,435
-
39,350
39,350
-
-
-
-
37,880
37,880
-
37,880
37,880
-
20,000
20,000
-
19,800
19,800
-
35,000
35,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18,000
18,000
-
85,286
85,286
-
85,286
85,286
84,050
-
84,050
-
84,050
84,050
-
100,000
100,000
100,000
-
100,000
185,787
-
185,787
159,072
-
159,072
740
-
740
11,360
-
11,360
5,763
-
5,763
6,925
-
6,925
276,340
627,944
904,284
277,357
532,691
810,048
899
-
899
1,209
-
1,209
8,170
-
8,170
7,032
-
7,032
9,069
-
9,069
8,241
-
8,241
9,364
-
9,364
11,699
-
11,699
9,364
-
9,364
11,699
-
11,699
**299,430**
**664,376**
**963,806**
**305,854**
**532,691**
**838,545**
**2025**
**2024**|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
4,657
-
4,657
8,557
-
8,557
-
36,432
36,432
-
-
-
4,657
36,432
41,089
8,557
-
8,557
-
82,480
82,480
-
41,240
41,240
-
227,948
227,948
-
246,435
246,435
-
39,350
39,350
-
-
-
-
37,880
37,880
-
37,880
37,880
-
20,000
20,000
-
19,800
19,800
-
35,000
35,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18,000
18,000
-
85,286
85,286
-
85,286
85,286
84,050
-
84,050
-
84,050
84,050
-
100,000
100,000
100,000
-
100,000
185,787
-
185,787
159,072
-
159,072
740
-
740
11,360
-
11,360
5,763
-
5,763
6,925
-
6,925
276,340
627,944
904,284
277,357
532,691
810,048
899
-
899
1,209
-
1,209
8,170
-
8,170
7,032
-
7,032
9,069
-
9,069
8,241
-
8,241
9,364
-
9,364
11,699
-
11,699
9,364
-
9,364
11,699
-
11,699
**299,430**
**664,376**
**963,806**
**305,854**
**532,691**
**838,545**
**2025**
**2024**|
|---|---|---|
|||8,557
-
8,557|
|||-
41,240
41,240
-
246,435
246,435
-
-
-
-
37,880
37,880
-
19,800
19,800
-
-
-
-
18,000
18,000
-
85,286
85,286
-
84,050
84,050
100,000
-
100,000
159,072
-
159,072
11,360
-
11,360
6,925
-
6,925|
|||277,357
532,691
810,048|
|||1,209
-
1,209
7,032
-
7,032|
|||8,241
-
8,241|
|||11,699
-
11,699|
|||11,699
-
11,699|
||||
|||**305,854**
**532,691**
**838,545**|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **3. Analysis of expenditure**
|3a
3b
3c|**Cost of Raising funds:**
Salaries cost
Freelance fees
**Cost of Charitable Activities:**
Direct costs of charitable activities:
Salaries cost
Freelance fees
Premises costs
Insurance
Mobile phones
Office supplies & admin expenses
Office equipment & furnishing
General housekeeping
Training
Publicity, marketing & website
Clinical supervision
Travel & meetings
Client support
Interpreter costs
Books & resources
Children's equipment & resources
Depreciation (_Designated Funds_)
Miscellaneous & other expenses
Support Costs:
Salaries cost (admin & management)
Freelance fees (admin & management)
Consultancy & legal advice
Finance support & payroll services
Audit/Accountancy fees
Total Cost of Charitable Activities
**Other expenditure**
Household Support Grant payments
Disposal of assets (_Designated Funds_)
Loan Interest
Provisions & other costs
**Total Expenditure**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,012
-
2,012
2,160
-
2,160
**4,172**
**-**
**4,172**
103,234
337,569
440,803
12,520
140,171
152,691
17,503
12,942
30,445
3,507
1,404
4,911
1,302
1,950
3,252
3,334
1,655
4,989
3,826
3,897
7,723
756
665
1,421
109
3,462
3,571
4,893
-
4,893
698
7,662
8,360
2,754
3,303
6,057
3,890
306
4,196
866
817
1,683
382
-
382
-
10
10
3,724
-
3,724
2,645
1,352
3,997
165,943
517,165
683,108
21,505
92,225
113,730
41,040
-
41,040
4,657
11,144
15,801
683
3,633
4,316
50
1,150
1,200
67,935
108,152
176,087
**233,878**
**625,317**
**859,195**
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,419
-
12,419
15,201
-
15,201
**27,620**
**-**
**27,620**
**265,670**
**625,317**
**890,987**
**2025**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,842
-
3,842
720
-
720
**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||4,562
-
4,562|
||||217,490
236,472
453,962
41,142
126,248
167,390
30,098
13,994
44,092
-
4,617
4,617
1,776
2,640
4,416
4,485
804
5,289
216
1,482
1,698
1,464
357
1,821
15,118
2,556
17,674
5
-
5
1,930
6,030
7,960
2,326
4,405
6,731
757
3,902
4,659
1,601
265
1,866
322
280
602
192
253
445
3,202
-
3,202
3,030
460
3,490|
||||325,154
404,765
729,919|
||||41,801
98,433
140,234
720
12,960
13,680
2,558
1,622
4,180
2,999
1,410
4,409
1,150
-
1,150|
||||49,228
114,425
163,653|
|||||
||||374,382
519,190
893,572|
||||-
20,650
20,650
29,992
-
29,992
6,160
-
6,160
-
-
-|
||||36,152
20,650
56,802|
|||||
||||415,096
539,840
954,936|
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **4. Fixed Assets**
|**Cost**
Balance b/f - 01.04.24
Additions in year
Disposals
Balance c/f at 31.03.25
**Depreciation**
Balance b/f - 01.04.24
Disposals
Charge for the year
Balance c/f at 31.03.25
**Net Book Value at 31.03.25**
Net Book Value at 31.03.24|Freehold
Property
£
320,683
14,301
4,163
54,086
11,046
-
-
-
-
374,769
25,347
4,163
-
13,128
3,480
-
-
-
-
3,382
342
-
16,510
3,822
**374,769**
**8,837**
**341**
320,683
1,173
683
Fixtures &
Equipment
£
IT & Digital
Equipment
£|339,147
65,132
-
Total
Assets
£|
|---|---|---|
|||404,279|
|||16,608
-
3,724|
|||20,332|
|||**383,947**|
|||322,539|
## **5. Debtors**
|Accounts receivable
Prepayments
Accrued income|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
10,085
48,187
6,377
6,856
22,792
3,463
**39,254**
58,506|
|---|---|
## **6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|Accounts payable
Pension liability
Accruals & other creditors
Bank Loan
Deferred income|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
40,568
7,787
2,874
3,272
4,948
8,059
2,320
1,880
35,000
16,666
**85,710**
37,664|
|---|---|
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **7. Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
|Bank Loan|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
144,598
146,952
**144,598**
146,952|
|---|---|
## **8. Trustees’ remuneration, benefits and expenses**
There were no payments, remuneration or benefits made to trustees in this or the previous accounting period.
## **9. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in this or the previous financial year.
## **10. Audit and accountancy services**
The cost of accounts preparation and Independent Examination, provided by Angela Hayes, Community Accountant, was £1,200 (2024: £1,150). Angela Hayes also provided support with monthly management accounts during the year, at a total cost of £2,784.
## **11. Staff costs and numbers**
|Salaries
Employer NI
Pension cost|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
488,968
526,929
42,061
46,247
25,516
24,862
**556,545**
598,038|
|---|---|
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000
The average number of employees during the period was 21 (2024: 22).
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **12. Movements in funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General Fund
**Designated funds**
Fixed Assets
**Restricted funds**
BBC Children in Need
National Lottery Community Fund
Ministry of Justice
The Henry Smith Charity
BMBC Ask the Question
SY PCC Counselling
SY PCC Violence Reduction Grant
BMBC Service Contract
Groundwork UK
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**13.Fund Transfers**|**Opening**
**balance**
**£**
206,143
**206,143**
322,539
**322,539**
-
5,778
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**5,778**
**534,460**|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
299,430
**299,430**
-
**-**
39,350
82,480
227,948
35,000
85,286
37,880
20,000
100,000
36,432
**664,376**
**963,806**|**(Resources**
**expended)**
**£**
(261,946)
**(261,946)**
(3,724)
**(3,724)**
(39,350)
(88,170)
(227,948)
(26,683)
(85,286)
(37,880)
(20,000)
(100,000)
-
**(625,317)**
**(890,987)**|**Transfers**
**£**
(28,700)
**(28,700)**
65,132
**65,132**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(36,432)
**(36,432)**
**-**|**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
214,927|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**214,927**|
||||||383,947|
||||||**383,947**|
||||||-
88
-
8,317
-
-
-
-
-|
||||||**8,405**|
|||||||
||||||**607,279**|
|||||||
|Funds for the purchase fixed assets|General
Fund
Fixed
Assets
Groundworks
£
£
£
(28,700)
65,132
(36,432)|
|---|---|
||(28,700)
65,132
(36,432)|
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued**
**YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **14. Restricted Funds**
## 1. BBC Children in Need
A three-year grant, commencing April 2024 to deliver wellbeing and advocacy support to children and young people affected by sexual harm who are living in Barnsley.
## 2. National Lottery Community Fund
A two-year grant to contribute towards the cost of the ‘Ask the Question’ initiative.
## 3. Ministry of Justice – Rape Support Fund
Grant funding for the purpose of providing holistic, trauma informed, survivor lead, direct and front line, specialist support to victims of rape and sexual violence.
## 4. The Henry Smith Charity
A three year grant, commencing October 2024 to fund general running costs, including staff costs, premises costs and general overheads.
## 5. BMBC – Ask the Question Training Pilot
Funding for trainers and associated costs for two years, commencing April 2023. This project will deliver training to Barnsley professionals, in order for them to be able to routinely and compassionately ‘Ask the Question’ around experiences of sexual harm.
## 6. SY PCC - Counselling
A three-year grant from the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, to provide specialist therapeutic support in Barnsley. The grant will cover salary and associated costs of 1 full-time equivalent counsellor.
## 7. VRU Therapy for Women
A grant from the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Violence Reduction Unit, for the Therapy for Women project.
## 8. BMBC Service Contract: Therapy for Children & Young People
A contract for the provision of therapy for children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse and/or violence. Funds are restricted solely for use on this purpose.
## 9. Groundwork UK
A grant to fund the installation of Solar PV Units, Energy Efficient Lighting and a Boiler Optimiser to the BSARCS building.
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