SAFE SPACES ENGLAND AND WALES

Registered charity 1198393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFE SPACES

The Charity commissions organisations to provide independent support to victims and survivors of church-related abuse under the banner of "Safe Spaces". The service provides a national helpline which offers support to adults aged over 18 who are victims or survivors of church related abuse of any form within the Church of England, the Catholic Church in England and Wales, or the Church in Wales.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (?THE OBJECTS?) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:3.1.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF ANY TYPE OF ABUSE PERPETRATED IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN A CHRISTIAN CHURCH-RELATED CONTEXT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING;3.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO CHRISTIAN CHURCH-RELATED ABUSE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, ITS EFFECT ON AND CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £16,000 at year-end 2025, a decrease from £17,000 in the previous year. The trustees report that all activities are funded by grant income and therefore do not consider it necessary to hold reserves. The charity reported a net deficit of £1 for the year, with total income of £571,824 and charitable expenditure of £571,825.

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 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.

• 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Canon Dr JAMES HERBERT HARRISON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Craig Allen Jones Doy Russo
• Helen Bernadette Costigane · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jason Paul Tailby
• Rt Rev Paul James Mason · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Helen Bernadette Costigane — trustee here and at CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAFER PLACES.

• SAFER PLACES income £4.4m
• WELSH WOMEN'S AID income £3.2m
• SAFETY WELLBEING AND CHALLENGING ABUSE income £1.1m
• SPACE income £256k
• SAFELINE WARWICK income £2.2m
• SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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