SAFER WALES

Registered charity 1071243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFER CARDIFF, SAFER WALES INCORPORATING SAFER CARDIFF

OUR MAIN OBJECT IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SAFETY PRIMARILY FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF WALES, IN PARTICULAR THE COUNTY OF CARDIFF AND SURROUNDING AREAS. WE CURRENTLY PROJECT MANAGE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY PROJECTS. WE SUPPORT VICTIMS OF RACE OR HATE CRIME, ATTACK AND HARASSMENT, RAPE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THOSE AT RISK OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

Objects

PROMOTE COMMUNITY SAFETY PRIMARILY FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF WALES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE COUNTY OF CARDIFF AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY WALES, IN PARTICULAR THE COUNTY OF CARDIFF AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £134,510 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income decreasing to £1,340,265. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £615,307, which is above the stated policy target of covering core and project operations for a minimum period of six months. The trustees confirmed the charity will continue in operation for the foreseeable future, although they noted it may do so in a significantly reduced manner due to funding assumptions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hodge Bakshi. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safer Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• WOOLLEY CHRISTOPHER JOHNchair
• Azuka Elizabeth Oforka
• CHRISTOPHER DEREK RHYS WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Salter CIPFA
• Craig J Barnsley FCCA
• PROFESSOR JACQUELINE JONES FRSA
• PROFESSOR MIKE MAGUIRE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Prof Katherine Sian Williams
• Robert John Keetch
• Sue Gregory-Phillips

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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