BARNABAS - SAFE & SOUND

Registered charity 1094570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Barnabas Northumberland

Barnabas Safe & Sound aims to prevent Youth Homelessness in Northumberland and safeguards young people from harm through the provision of services which deliver supported accommodation, informal education, accredited lifeskills and personal and social development activities. We also work in partnership and manage facilities for the benefit of children and young people.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 25 WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION.THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION & ADVICE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHICH WILL LEAD TO SELF RELIANCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £21,091 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £420,668. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of three months' operational costs (£30,000), and the actual free reserves exceed this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Reed
• Emma Shields
• Gerald Wilfred Lee
• Jonathan Andrew Jones

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNARDO'S.

• BARNARDO'S income £340.3m
• ST. BARNABAS SOUTHWOLD income £1.3m
• NIGHTSAFE LIMITED income £1.3m
• SAFE AND SOUND HOMES income £1.1m
• BARNABAS FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES TRUST income £154k
• SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

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