SAFER LONDON
Registered charity 1109444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFER LONDON FOUNDATION
Our vision is a city that is safe for the young Londoners who live here. By working alongside young Londoners, their families and peers, as well as with the places where they live and spend their time, we can create a safer London not just for them but for everyone.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Safer London made a deficit of £148,139 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to using reserves to invest in direct service delivery that is not yet fully funded. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £855,337, which falls within the stated policy target range of £450,000 to £850,000, and the trustees confirm sufficient funding is secured to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £450,000-£850,000 (held: £855k)
“the Board of Trustees believes that a target reserves range of £450,000-£850,000 meets the Charity’s needs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safer London (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rosemary Watt-Wyness — CEO (source)
- Katie Mitchell — Deputy CEO (source)
- Carly Adams Elias — Director of Practice (source)
- Desmond Edward — Director of Practice (source)
- Sara Hopkins — Head of Finance (source)
- John Moore — Head of Business Development (source)
- Kathleen Bruneel — Head of Quality Practice (source)
- Christopher D’Aguiar — Head of Safeguarding (source)
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)
Cost of raising funds
£146k
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 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: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Carrie Timms
- Dr Anthony Gunter
- Dr Helga Swidenbank
- Gemma Bailey
- Gemma Perolls
- Janine Marcelle McDowell
- Nicola Marcel
- TIM JONES
- Tobi Odetoyinbo
- Valerie Floy
- Vaneesha Bailey
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SAFER LONDON financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Safer London made a deficit of £148,139 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to using reserves to invest in direct service delivery that is not yet fully funded. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £855,337, which falls within the stated policy target range of £450,000 to £850,000, and the trustees confirm sufficient funding is secured to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds SAFER LONDON?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFER LONDON as a grant recipient include THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST, HFC Help For Children UK LTD, HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUND.
Known funders
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