THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1117864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SAFE has two main programmes, one in the U.K. and one overseas. In the UK we aim to increase civic participation and improve social harmony amongst typically hard to reach young people, such as NEETs. We also deliver a non-mainstream development education programme. Overseas we support locally led and empowering poverty response programmes for marginalised people all around the world.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£292k
Latest spending
£288k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £138,680 at year-end, significantly exceeding the trustees' policy target of approximately £47,000. The charity reported a small surplus for the year, with income exceeding expenditure by £4,194, indicating stable financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £139k)
The Reserves Policy is to maintain a sufficient level of reserves, excluding any restricted reserves, to enable normal operating activities to continue over a period of 3 months should a shortfall in income occur and to take into account potential risks and contingencies. The trustees have calculated that for 2024/25, this should be around £47,000. — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The S.A.F.E. Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambodia · Cardiff · City Of Swansea · India · Neath Port Talbot · Newport City · Sierra Leone · Uganda · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£292k£288k
31/03/2024£233k£181k
31/03/2023£159k£181k
31/03/2022£146k£123k
31/03/2021£197k£145k

Common questions

Is THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £138,680 at year-end, significantly exceeding the trustees' policy target of approximately £47,000. The charity reported a small surplus for the year, with income exceeding expenditure by £4,194, indicating stable financial health.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2023£429kGlobal Citizenship in Action
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2022£10kSAFE Mobile Break-Out Space
The National Lottery Community Fund17/11/2020£10kNew perspectives
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2019£291kGlobal Education with a digital twist
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2012£47kNEET VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAFE INTERNATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION£292k0aboveno doubt
SAFE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£109k0belowno doubt
SAFE Foundation FY2025£758kunclearnoted
SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME FY2025£1.6m0unclearno doubt
AL SAAF FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£230k0unclearno doubt
SAFE AND SOUND GROUP FY2025£1.5m0aboveno doubt

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