COMMUNITY SAFETY PATROL

Registered charity 1151568 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHOMRIM UK

To promote for the benefit of the public, the efficiency of the police in London and to promote good citizenship and greater public participation in the prevention and solution of crime in the northeast London area. Promote the benefit of the public, in partnership with the police, the protection of people and property by the prevention of criminal acts.

Objects

1. To promote, for the benefit of the public, the efficiency of the police in London and to promote good citizenship and greater public participation in the prevention and solution of crime in the area. 2. To promote for the benefit of the public, in partnership with the police, the protection of people and property from, and the prevention of, criminal acts.3. For the benefit of the public in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey and other districts in London and its surroundings, to reduce the distress, adverse financial impact and disadvantageous effects on present and potential victims and witnesses of crime, traumatic events and other forms of harmful behaviour, as well as on others touched by the distress of those individuals who are in need, in particular by promoting and providing services that provide emotional and practical support.4. To promote for the benefit of the public in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey and other districts in London and its surroundings the provision of services for mediation and conciliation between victims of crime and offenders, with a view to the preservation of public order, and for the preservation and protection of the well-being of such victims and the rehabilitation of such offenders.5. To relieve financial hardship, distress and suffering among victims of natural or other disasters or crises within London and its surroundings, including but not limited to such disasters or crises as are caused by climate change, pandemic, human error or major social unrest, by helping to co-ordinate the distribution of aid, advising on security and health and safety issues and providing such other support or services as the Trustees in their discretion consider appropriate in the circumstances.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£151k
Latest spending
£146k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds carried forward were £52,827, representing a net income of £5,009 for the year. The trustees' report indicates that the reserves policy is to ensure a sufficient stream of income to meet working capital, without specifying a fixed monetary target or months of expenditure. The charity received an independent examiner's report confirming no material issues were found.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that there is a sufficient stream of income to meet the working capital of the charity (reserves figure: £53k)
“The reserves policy is to ensure that there is a sufficient stream of income to meet the working capital of the charity.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£151k£146k
30/04/2024£85k£83k
30/04/2023£23k£39k
30/04/2022£59k£45k
30/04/2021£62k£48k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY SAFETY PATROL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds carried forward were £52,827, representing a net income of £5,009 for the year. The trustees' report indicates that the reserves policy is to ensure a sufficient stream of income to meet working capital, without specifying a fixed monetary target or months of expenditure. The charity received an independent examiner's report confirming no material issues were found. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY SAFETY PATROL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY SAFETY PATROL as a grant recipient include GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2024£20kSafety & Solidarity
London Borough of Hackney10/09/2020£5kGrant to Community Safety Patrol
Hackney Council10/09/2020£5kGrant to Community Safety Patrol
Hackney Council26/05/2020£5kGrant to Community Safety Patrol
London Borough of Hackney26/05/2020£5kGrant to Community Safety Patrol
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2019£10kStaying Safe
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2016£10kProject Safe All Around
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2014£10kHaving a safe summer

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY SAFETY PATROL£151k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION FY2025£330k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AVON AND SOMERSET POLICE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
Safer Communities Limited FY2025£764k——above—no doubt
TOGETHERNESS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£83k—0above—no doubt
LIFE IN LONDON TRUST FY2025£59k——above—no doubt

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