SAFE HAVEN - CORNWALL

Registered charity 1188998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide loving support, in a variety of ways, including Support Groups, not only for people across the whole width of the gender diversity spectrum, but also for family, friends and significant others. We provide a safe, private venue for people to come and socialise, make friends, laugh and just be themselves in a fearless environment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:A) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY VIRTUE OF BEING TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:(I) PROVIDING A NETWORK GROUP FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS (INCLUDING PARTNERS, PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CARERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS) IN ORDER TO AID THEIR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, ELIMINATE ISOLATION, TACKLE SOCIAL STIGMA AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ASSIST THEM TO OVERCOME BARRIERS AND ENABLE THEM TO BETTER INTEGRATE INTO MAINSTREAM SOCIETY. (II) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, GUIDANCE, AND CRISIS INTERVENTION FOR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS; (III) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET LIKEMINDED INDIVIDUALS TO OFFER PEER SUPPORT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DEFINED AS PEOPLE IN DOUBT OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY AND THOSE WHO DEFINE THEMSELVES AS NON BINARY, NON GENDER OR GENDER FLUID.B) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY AND SURROUNDING AREA BY: (I) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER.(II) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN ALL SECTORS AND THOSE WHO MAY EMPLOY OR COME INTO CONTACT WITH TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR WORK ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF GENDER VARIANCE. INCLUDING PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND FACILITATING TRAINING ON TRANSGENDER AWARENESS, RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND HOW TO PROVIDE TRANSGENDER FRIENDLY SERVICES WITH THE AIM OF ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION, PREJUDICE AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND GAINING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY(III) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held closing reserves of £24,860.98, which the trustees noted would cover most estimated costs for the remainder of the calendar year. The financial review indicates a surplus for the period, with total receipts of £60,111.97 against payments of £35,250.99. The trustees confirmed there are no major uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as an on-going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacqueline Anne Swarbrickchair
• Deborah Louise Gosling
• Gordon Lancaster
• Libby Inez Martin
• Louise Colam
• Paul Frederick Swarbrick
• Ruth Louise Connolly

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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