Safer Stronger Communities
The purpose of the Safer Stronger Consortium (SSC) is to bring together existing organisations of various shapes, sizes and ages, to create one flexible and multifaceted organisation capable of bidding and contracting for a number of interrelated purposes while providing a range of services on a new and unified basis.
Objects
3.1 PROMOTING THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS BY SUPPORTING VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH OR FOR OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES;3.2 PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABTIABLE STANDARDS; CROME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OR CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY);3.3 ADVANCING EDUCATION ABOUT CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PARTICUALRLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY; AND3.4 RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £63,896, with unrestricted reserves of £23,366. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy target is £11,000, meaning the actual unrestricted reserves are above the stated policy target. The financial review confirms that all income was applied towards core costs and service delivery.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Funders the charity credits
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Trustees
- ALAN MILLINER MBE
- Carolyn Ada Rule
- Louise Knox
- Paul Northcote Reeve
- Sean Joseph McEvoy
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2025 | £196k | £201k |
| 30/04/2024 | £132k | £117k |
| 30/04/2023 | £143k | £110k |
| 30/04/2022 | £143k | £120k |
| 30/04/2021 | £76k | £125k |
Common questions
Is Safer Stronger Communities financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £63,896, with unrestricted reserves of £23,366. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy target is £11,000, meaning the actual unrestricted reserves are above the stated policy target. The financial review confirms that all income was applied towards core costs and service delivery. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/03/2023 | £433k | Trauma Informed Approach |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/11/2022 | £10k | Trauma Informed Network Cornwall (TINC) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/09/2021 | £10k | Trauma Informed Network Cornwall (TINC) |
| UK government | 02/10/2019 | £50k | Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £87k |
| THE REED FOUNDATION | 1 | £51k |
| THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £50k |
| THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £50k |
| ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | 1 | £20k |
| JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO | 1 | £18k |
| THE RAILWAY CHILDREN | 1 | £16k |
| THE CHILDHOOD TRUST | 1 | £15k |
Charities like this
- SUNDERLAND ALL TOGETHER CONSORTIUM CIO
- THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR SOMERSET
- CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN
- WOMENS CONSORTIUM
- VOLA CONSORTIUM
- DANCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safer Stronger Communities | £196k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SUNDERLAND ALL TOGETHER CONSORTIUM CIO | £999k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR SOMERSET | £2.9m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN | £683k | Under £60,000 | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| WOMENS CONSORTIUM | £528k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| VOLA CONSORTIUM | £1.4m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |