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.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE AREAS OF GENERAL HEALTH, SEXUAL HEALTH AND NORMAL CURRICULUM BASED SUBJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OVERSEAS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY MAKING GRANTS OR OTHER DONATIONS TO THE CHOSEN ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHARITY.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SCHOOL FEES.3) TO AID THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OF FACILITIES THAT SICK OR POOR PEOPLE MAY NEED.4) TO AID THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING OVERSEAS COUNTRIES BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO WHICH THE PARTICULAR COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS, AND BY MAKING GRANTS TO EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED WITH THE FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MARGINALISED AND DISENGAGED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE IN THE AREA OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ISSUES BY DELIVERING A NON-MAINSTREAM EDUCATION PROGRAMME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE OVERSEAS.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Discloses 4 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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

• MARK DICKENSONchair
• Alex Rees
• Carl Smith
• MISS RACHEL LUXTON
• Rhiannon Gamble
• Samual Sullivan

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

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Charities like this

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

• SAFE INTERNATIONAL income £109k
• SAFE Foundation income £268k
• SKILLS ACTIVE FORWARD income £105k
• SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME income £1.6m
• AL SAAF FOUNDATION LTD income £212k
• SAFE AND SOUND GROUP income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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