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SAFETY CENTRE (HAZARD ALLEY) LIMITED

Registered charity 1019093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAZARD ALLEY, SAFETY CENTRE (MILTON KEYNES) LIMITED

Child Safety Education

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Latest income
£476k
Latest spending
£606k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £129,496 for the year, with total expenditure of £605,900 exceeding total incoming resources of £476,404. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have decreased significantly to £36,960, and the trustees have identified a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern due to forecast cash flow pressures and an impending rent increase.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“Between £70,000 - £80,000s 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two months (held: £37k)
“The intention of the Trustees is to operate with a minimum of two months reserves at any time, with the view to increase this to three months in the next two years” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“The trustees have identified a material uncertainty in relation to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern arising from forecast cash flow pressures over the forthcoming period particularly from an impending rent increase.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £6k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2022)

Total income
£518k
Total spending
£434k
Reserves (reported)
£315k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£476k£606k
30/09/2024£426k£663k
30/09/2023£321k£570k
30/09/2022£518k£434k
30/09/2021£687k£252k

Common questions

Is SAFETY CENTRE (HAZARD ALLEY) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £129,496 for the year, with total expenditure of £605,900 exceeding total incoming resources of £476,404. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have decreased significantly to £36,960, and the trustees have identified a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern due to forecast cash flow pressures and an impending rent increase. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of SAFETY CENTRE (HAZARD ALLEY) LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £80,000 band.

Who funds SAFETY CENTRE (HAZARD ALLEY) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFETY CENTRE (HAZARD ALLEY) LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE HARPUR TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2024£10kEducating to Save Lives in Bedford

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation16/05/2024£3kCosts to take children to Hazard Alley for safety trainning
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2024£20kFostering inclusion through safety education

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£246k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£40k
SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION1£37k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST1£25k
THE HARAMEAD TRUST1£20k
THE SHOE ZONE TRUST1£15k
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED1£10k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARNING ZONE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAFETY CENTRE (HAZARD ALLEY) LIMITED£476k£70,000 - £80,000—unclear—material uncertainty
WARNING ZONE LIMITED FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD FY2025£772k——above—no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY LIMITED FY2025£795k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.