SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME
Registered charity 1143532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFE!
SAFE! provides support for young people (between the ages of 8 and 25) who are suffering the negative impacts of crime. Young victims are offered the opportunity to have a series of meetings with a fully trained professional to help them overcome the negative impacts of that experience of a crime. We also offer training and support to other professionals working in youth justice.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £124,069, while the trustees propose maintaining reserves at a level equivalent to six months' operational expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £30,608 for the year, with total income rising to £1,558,916 primarily due to increased contract values.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner
“Our contract with the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for our Support After Crime & Abuse Service (previously known as Young Victims Service) accounted for 50% of the organisation’s income for the year at a value of £783,903.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months' operational expenditure (held: £124k)
“The Trustees propose to build and maintain the charity’s reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to six months’ operational expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations were made by 1 Trustee (2023/24 : 1) totalling £2,120 (2023/24 £120)
“Donations were made by 1 Trustee (2023/24 : 1) totalling £2,120 (2023/24 £120)” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- LAKHANI, Amar Dipak — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
- ROSS, Nicola — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
- DAVIE, Susan — director, appointed 20/04/2021on trustee list
- CLEMENTS, Simon Antony — director, appointed 10/02/2021on trustee list
- HIPKIN, Raymond Edward — director, appointed 22/09/2020on trustee list
- BRETON, Sarah — director, appointed 12/05/2020on trustee list
- SMITH, Jermaine Karl — director, appointed 12/05/2020on trustee list
- JONES, Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/09/2016on trustee list
- LAWRENCE, Tracey Anne Marie — director, appointed 18/05/2016on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- SIMON ANTONY CLEMENTSchair
- Amar Lakhani · trustee of 1 other charity
- Caroline Hitchen
- Elizabeth Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
- JERMAINE SMITH
- Kate Wyatt
- Nicola Ross
- RAYMOND EDWARD HIPKIN
- SARAH BRETON
- SUSAN DAVIE
- TRACEY ANNE MARIE LAWRENCE
- Thomas Smith
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £124,069, while the trustees propose maintaining reserves at a level equivalent to six months' operational expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £30,608 for the year, with total income rising to £1,558,916 primarily due to increased contract values. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Ross Brooke.
Who funds SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME as a grant recipient include W F SOUTHALL TRUST.
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