SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD

Registered charity 1091544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNLEY WOMEN'S REFUGE ASSOCIATION, EAST LANCASHIRE WOMEN'S REFUGE ASSOCIATION, SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE

Provision of housing related support (refuge support) and support in the community for women and their children escaping domestic abuse. Outreach support and help line for domestic abuse victims living in the community.IDVA service to support domestic abuse victims in legal and court processes.Early Support service for children living in the community and at risk of domestic violence.

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Latest income
£8.0m
Latest spending
£7.8m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £207,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,679,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, supported by positive cash flow forecasts and secured key contracts. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £474,000, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of covering two months of variable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Calico Enterprise Limited supplied furniture amounting to £38k (2024: £31k). At 31 March 2025, the company owed Enterprise £7k.
“During the year, Enterprise supplied furniture amounting to £38k (2024: £31k). At 31 March 2025, the company owed Enterprise £7k (2024: £4k).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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 £240k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£8.0m
Total spending
£7.8m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
191

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8.0m£7.8m
31/03/2024£7.9m£7.9m
31/03/2023£7.5m£7.6m
31/03/2022£5.4m£5.2m
31/03/2021£4.5m£4.5m

Common questions

Is SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £207,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,679,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, supported by positive cash flow forecasts and secured key contracts. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £474,000, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of covering two months of variable expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/12/2023£31kSafeNet Domestic Abuse and Support Services
UK government01/12/2023£5kSafeNet Domestic Abuse and Support Services
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£100kThe Junction
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2018£272kEvery Day Free Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD£8.0m——unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£536k—0within—noted
TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
AYLESBURY WOMEN'S AID FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
NENE VALLEY CHRISTIAN FAMILY REFUGE LIMITED FY2025£856k—0above0.6%no doubt

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