S.A.F.E.: ARTS FOR EDUCATION

Registered charity 1155626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

S.A.F.E. uses street theatre, films and community programmes to educate, inspire and deliver social change. We work across Kenya to promote positive behaviour change for public health outcomes. See more at www.safekenya.org

Objects

(1) THE CIO IS BEING ESTABLISHED AS A NON-PARTISAN, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION. THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND UNCLEAN DRINKING WATER.(B) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH USING ARTS-BASED TECHNIQUES (E.G. THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, STREET PERFORMANCES, CINEMATOGRAPHY, VIDEO, RADIO, TELEVISION, ETC) AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION.(C) THE USE OF ARTS-BASED TECHNIQUES TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND ETHNIC HARMONY (IE: THE ELIMINATION OF CONFLICT BETWEEN DIFFERENT TRIBAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS) AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY, THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL/ ETHNIC GROUPS AND RAISING AWARENESSABOUT NON-DISCRIMINATION OF THOSE FROM DIFFERENT RACIAL/ ETHNIC GROUPS.(D) THE USE OF ARTS-BASED TECHNIQUES TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £19,571, comprising a restricted fund surplus of £386,450 offset by an unrestricted fund deficit of £366,879. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved considerable impact across its program areas in 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — S.A.F.E. (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Prof Katrina Brownchair
• Angelina Charity Namiba
• Dr MICHAEL BRADY
• Nick Reding
• Prof Janet Seeley
• SARAH KENNEDY
• Tracey Seaward · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION.

• THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION income £292k
• SAFE INTERNATIONAL income £109k
• EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN income £111k
• PURSUE income £47k
• SEEKENYA income £92k
• SOFT TOUCH ARTS LIMITED income £773k

Side by side with its peers

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