HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE (HARCSAC) — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 27 April 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £76,952
Latest expenditure: £61,553
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: PO BOX 256, HATFIELD, AL10 0NE

Website recorded by the regulator: https://hertsrapecrisis.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Offering free and confidential counselling to all women aged 18 and over living in Hertfordshire, who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £76,952
Total Gross Expenditure: £61,553

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 13 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 20 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £53,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £70,063

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 15 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £82,327
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,233

Fin Period Start Date: 27 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 17 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £62,354
Total Gross Expenditure: £50,759

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £76,952
Total Gross Expenditure: £61,553
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £45,766
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 9

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £53,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £70,063
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £45,400
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £82,327
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,233
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £65,772
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 16

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 27 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £62,354
Total Gross Expenditure: £50,759
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 16

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE (HARCSAC)
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2021-04-27T00:00:00

Charity Name: HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE (HARCSAC)
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-04-04T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 800325
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 800325
Assoc Charity Name: HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Apr 2021
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN AGED 18 AND OVER IN THE HERTFORDSHIRE AREA WHO HAVE BEEN RAPED, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR SEXUALLY ABUSED AT ANY TIME IN THEIR LIVES BY: -1) PROVIDING FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING OR SUPPORT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE MEDIUM2) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE SUBJECT OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL, MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL OR SOCIAL WELLBEING OF SURVIVORS;3) OBTAINING HELP AND SUPPORT WHERE NEEDED THROUGH CLOSER CONTACT WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES, HEALTH SERVICE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS;4) SETTING UP A CO-ORDINATED GROUP OF CONTACTS TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO;5) RAISING FUNDS AND TO INVITE AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSONS BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, DONATIONS OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDED THAT THE GROUP SHALL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY PERMANENT TRADING ACTIVITIES IN RAISING FUNDS FOR ITS CHARITABLE OBJECTS.6) AIDING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY ASSOCIATION WHOSE CHARITABLE PURPOSES ARE IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO OR CALCULATED TO FURTHER ITS OBJECTIVES; AND7) TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 639829
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE

Charity Name Id: 639830
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: HARCSAC

Charity Name Id: 641947
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: HERTS AREA RAPE CRISIS AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE(HARCSAC)

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures