2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From: 1 January 2024 Period end date 31 December 2024

Charity name: Red Kite Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Service

Charity registration number: 1185947

Objectives and Activities

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Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To provide comprehensive services to survivors of historic or recent rape or sexual abuse or violence to enable them to recover and thrive once more in their communities.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	To provide a Helpline which creates a safe space for survivors of rape and sexual abuse to contact, in order to speak to trained volunteers or qualified therapists who will listen, believe, validate and empathise with them. Red Kite provides psychological first aid and practical support to manage their difficulties in life which provides them with the capacity to process the sexual violence experiences. We triage their needs, making onward referrals to other agencies as appropriate. We provide therapy through a variety of means, whether one-to-one or in groups. Red Kite provides therapy (free at the point of contact) to enable survivors to learn new coping strategies, to manage their everyday lives and responsibilities, and to heal enough to live full, happier lives in their communities. Clients’ qualitative and quantitative improvements are monitored by standard questionnaires and feedback forms and recorded for performance reporting purposes. We operate a mixed model of service combining a virtual office and online services with face-to-face consultations with Therapists in their consulting rooms or

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		other safe spaces according to client preference.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Board of Trustees have read, considered and agreed to abide by the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Our Fundraising Policy dictates that we will only apply for funds from ethical companies who operate from a strong moral basis. This decision also conforms to our Ethics Policy.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Red Kite is not yet in a position to participate in investments.
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Volunteers donate their time to operate a Support Helpline. Therapists deliver therapy at preferred rates to provide advice and therapy to callers to helpline to enable as many people as possible to benefit within the funding available. They also offer their consulting rooms at no cost to Red Kite. The Friends of Red Kite volunteer their time to raise awareness of Red Kite and attract potential clients to receive services. Their wider role is to undertake an educative function in society, whilst engaging with local communities to promote a no tolerance approach to misogyny and patriarchy. These strategies aim to promote greater societal norms regarding equality of everyone regarding whether they engage in sexual activity or not. They also engage in collecting service user feedback and low- level fundraising.
Other		Trustees volunteer their time to manage Red Kite, including recruitment of staff, development, provision and delivery of training materials, management of finances, fundraising, PR and communications with media, and secretarial duties for Board meetings.

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Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
									Grand Total 474 866 210 1,550
			Process
			No. of Clients helped
			Types of help given	2024 Total	2023	2022	2021	2020	Grand Total
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			Counselling Session	198	116	128	30	2	474
			Welfare Check Call	307	199	286	74		866
			Group Session	196	14				210
			Grand Total	701	329	414	104	2	1,550

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Achievements in accordance with Strategic Business Plan and Communications Strategy
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Slightly less than anticipated, but sufficient to meet operational needs for daily activities of the charity. Fundraising ongoing. Challenging environment for fundraising as cost-of-living crisis has diverted funds from other causes.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	Not applicable.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Achievements in accordance with Strategic Business Plan and Communications Strategy
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Slightly less than anticipated, but sufficient to meet operational needs for daily activities of the charity. Fundraising ongoing. Challenging environment for fundraising as cost-of-living crisis has diverted funds from other causes.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	Not applicable.

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Other		Friends of Red Kite have attended events in all parts of our catchment to raise awareness and fundraise. Recruitment of Helpline Volunteers and Qualified Accredited Therapists trauma informed ongoing.New roles developed in response to acuity and complexity of clinical need. Peer Support Volunteers and Translating Volunteers are now available to deliver face to face interventions and ensure that independent translation is available for individuals who do not speak English.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Funds in hand on 31 December 2024: £51,589.31
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	This is covered in Red Kite’s Constitution.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£30,000
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/A

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Help and Support	Para 1.47	We are grateful to Baldock Music Festival for making Red Kite a chosen charity and giving it a proportion of the funding raised. We are also indebted to all our other funders including Mullocks Estate Agents and Mill Green Nursery.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	N/A
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Insufficient Funding to deliver the services. Lack of local Counsellor/Therapists Lack of Helpline Volunteers Attrition after training Helpline Volunteers Inability to attract funding sources to deliver services in line with our Business Strategy Loss of Trustees and inability to recruit appropriately qualified Trustees

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		Lack of sustainable capacity to deliver and manage the service.
Other		Challenging financial landscape currently averaging 14 grant submissions to 1 successful outcome.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		Nil
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Red Kite Constitution (Board of Trustees)
How is the charity constituted?	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Personal recommendation, followed by written application, then by unanimous vote by quorate Board of Trustees, then by written acceptance of new Trustee.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	Disciplinary Confidentiality Staff Well-being Environmental Subject Access Safeguarding Diversity & Equal Opportunities Health & Safety Violence & Aggression Equalities Whistleblowing Recruitment Sustainability Finance Friends of Red Kite
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	Board of Trustees reporting to Charity Commission & Funders. The Coordinator of the Friends reports to the line manager Trustee (SN). Helpline Volunteers reporting to Charity Administrator and Trustees. Social Media Volunteers report to the Social Media and Marketing Trustee.Qualified Therapists reporting to the Lead Therapist (JP) Trusted).
	Para 1.51	N/A

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Relationship with any related parties Nil Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Red Kite Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Service
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1185947
Charity’s principal address	79 Havers Lane Bishop’s Stortford Herts CM23 3PE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6	Trustee name	Office (if any)		Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Siobhan Nundram	Chair		Whole year	Board of Trustees
	Charlotte Shyllon	DeputyChair		Wholeyear	Board of Trustees
	Eamonn Drea	Fundraising Trustee		Whole year	Board of Trustees
	Shannon Richards	Board Secretary		Whole year	Board of Trustees
	Luella Dixon	Human Resources		Wholeyear	Board of Trustees
	Joanna Papadopoulos	Clinical Lead		Whole year	Board of Trustees
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	Viorel Catalin Vasile	Treasurer		Whole year	Board of Trustees
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	Sinead Corr	Communications and Marketing Trustee		From 17/06/24	Board of Trustees
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	CathySpillane	Board Secretary		From 19/11/24	Board of Trustees

Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved.

Director name N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Siobhan Nundram	Whole year	Training materials; Policy Folders; Correspondence and Funding applications
Charlotte Shyllon	Whole year	Banking and Finance Materials

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Viorel Catalin Vasile	Whole year	Banking and Finance Materials
Eamonn Drea	Whole Year	Banking and Finance Materials

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others.

Description of the assets Nil held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Psychiatric	Omar Daniels, Retired Consultant Psychiatrist	[e-mail]
Lived Experience Ambassador	Norma Symonds, Former Mayor of Bishop’s Stortford	[e-mail].
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
N/A

N/A

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

Other optional information

N/A

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Date	SIGN
	Virol Catalin Vasile
	28/10/2025	28/10/2025

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	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	CC16a
	For the period from	01/01/2024 Period start date	To
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 12 894 - - - - - - - 12 894 - - - 12 894 191 191 - - - 191 12 703 - - 12 703	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 28 564 - - - - - - - 28 564 - - - 28 564 1 142 1 220 1 236 16 806 960 525 449 439 768 23 545 - - - 23 545 5 019 - - 5 019	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £ 41 458 - - - - - - - 41 458 - - - 41 458 1 142 1 220 1 236 16 806 960 525 449 439 959 23 736 - - - 23 736 17 722	Last year to the nearest £
	12 894		- - - - - - - - -		28 127
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	12 894				28 127
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Sub total	-				-
Total receipts A3 Payments
			-		28 127
Telephone			- - - - - - - - - -		1 047
IT					395
WAGES					2 784
Marketing					2 321
Counselling					7 771
Licenses					-
Venue Hire					-
Travel					-
Insurance					439
Safeguarding					12
Pension Nest					461
Sundry	191				790
**Sub total **	191				16 020
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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	-
**Sub total **	-				-
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
			-		16 020
	12 703		-		12 107
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	12 703		-	17 722	12 107

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details Bank account Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details ~~SIGN~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 37 710 13 879 - - - - 37 710 13 879 Agreement Error Agreement Error Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Catalin Vasile	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Catalin Vasile	28/10/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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