SAFE HAVEN LONDON

Registered charity 1110645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of housing

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted liquid funds of £1,436,571, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to six to twelve months of expenditure (£1,028,851). The charity reported a net surplus of £240,737 for the year, with total net assets totaling £30,325,716, indicating a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £130,000-£160,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: Band: £130,000-£160,000” — page 22

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: Band: £130,000-£160,000” — page 22

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six to twelve month’s expenditure (held: £1.4m)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted liquid funds (£1,436,571, (2025: £768,286)) which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to at least six to twelve month’s expenditure (£1,028,851, (2025: £1,111,976)).” — page 5

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit II Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £13.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£85k

Reserves (reported)

£30.0m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

EDWARD JOHN CHESTERMAN
JAMES KERR
Mark Clinton Patton
Stephen John Woodland

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2026	£1.3m	£1.0m
31/01/2025	£1.4m	£1.1m
31/01/2024	£811k	£635k
31/01/2023	£395k	£1.2m
31/01/2022	£1.9m	£2.5m

Common questions

Is SAFE HAVEN LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted liquid funds of £1,436,571, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to six to twelve months of expenditure (£1,028,851). The charity reported a net surplus of £240,737 for the year, with total net assets totaling £30,325,716, indicating a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit II Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of SAFE HAVEN LONDON earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,000-£160,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CEO SLEEPOUT	1	£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH BURTON-IN-WIRRAL	1	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LHA LONDON LTD.

LHA LONDON LTD income £19.8m
ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED income £354k
Stay Charity income £2.2m
HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £340k
FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN income £310k
CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION income £217k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAFE HAVEN LONDON	£1.3m	£130,000-£160,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
LHA LONDON LTD FY2025	£19.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED FY2025	£354k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Stay Charity FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£340k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN FY2025	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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