SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1127577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The implement and improve safety on the highway. To work with authorities and commercial organisations in the development of design standards affecting safety of the road users.To increase public awareness of the issues affecting safety on the roads with the aim of changing attitudes through education, promotion and campaigning with other individuals and organisations with similar objectives.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £902,030, which is in excess of the trustees' policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £47,808 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment interest, with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status.

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: £902k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to a minimum of three months’ expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“The Charity received donations totalling £60,000 from two trustees (M Woodford and A Somavilla) of the Charity (2024: £80,000). Gift aid amounting to £15,000 (2024: £20,057) has been claimed on the donations.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safer Roads Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

Visit: Mr Barry Sheerman MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 19/08/2018 · Bangkok, Thailand · ref V0400186
To attend the Asian Transport Research Society (ATRNS) annual conference in my capacity as Chair of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) for the UK.

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER WOODFORDchair
ANUNCIACION SOMAVILLA
MICHAEL ROBERT THWAITES
Stuart Malcolm Greengrass

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Akrotiri · Albania · Algeria · American Samoa · Andorra · Angola · Anguilla · Antarctica · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£87k	£212k
31/03/2025	£136k	£88k
31/03/2024	£120k	£158k
31/03/2023	£21k	£315k
31/03/2022	£319k	£369k

Common questions

Is SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £902,030, which is in excess of the trustees' policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £47,808 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment interest, with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST	2	£347k
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£200k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£25k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION.

ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION income £977k
ROADSAFE income £889k
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST income £102.1m
TYRESAFE income £274k
THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION income £292k
FIA FOUNDATION income £9.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION	£87k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FY2025	£977k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROADSAFE FY2025	£889k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST FY2025	£102.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TYRESAFE FY2024	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION FY2025	£292k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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