SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1150405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Home for Good, Safe Families · also registered in Scotland as SC048207 (OSCR)

The objectives are 1) provision of relief to families in crisis from poverty, conflict, hardship, homelessness, ill health or addiction 2) relief of needs of overwhelmed and resource limited parents and their children through the provision of safe, temporary family stays for their children and 3) protection of the physical and mental health of the children. Support provided through volunteers.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING (1) THE PROVISION OF RELIEF AND RESPITE TO FAMILIES IN CRISES ARISING FROM POVERTY CONFLICT, HARDSHIP, HOMELESSNESS, ILL HEALTH OR ADDICTIONS, (2) THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF OVERWHELMED AND RESOURCE LIMITED PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAFE, TEMPORARY FAMILY STAYS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND (3) THE PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

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 · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,114,070 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £7,155,493 following a merger. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £651,198 fall below the stated policy target range of £915,000 to £1,020,000, although the trustees consider total liquid resources to be in line with policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08134971

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safe Families UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• PURKIS, Eleanor — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
• POWLEY, Sarah Elizabeth — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
• BURNS, Jenny, Dr — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
• WESTCOTT, Rachel Mary — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• BACON, Luke Nathan — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• POREE, Ian Douglas — director, appointed 16/05/2023on trustee list
• WALLACE, Andrew Patrick — director, appointed 20/02/2023on trustee list
• EVE, Julian David — director, appointed 21/03/2022on trustee list
• SHARMAN, Patrick Michael — director, appointed 21/03/2022on trustee list
• MAITH, Ian Robert — secretary, appointed 01/10/2018

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% 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: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Wallace
• Dr Jenny Burns
• Eleanor Purkis
• Julian Eve
• Patrick Sharman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Mary Westcott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Luke Nathan Bacon · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEPHEN GALE WILLIAMS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sandra Chisom Nwobi
• Sarah Powley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• SURE AND FIRM FOUNDATIONS income £869k
• SAVE THE FAMILY LTD income £995k
• ACTION FOR CHILDREN income £163.4m
• KIDS MATTER income £892k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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