SAFE Foundation

Registered charity 291415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EXETER WOMEN'S AID, STOP ABUSE FOR EVERYONE

Supports all affected by trauma and abuse:a) providing practical, emotional support: information b) empowermentc) supporting access for children and young people to relevant services d) acting as advocates e) raising awareness: providing education and trainingf) working in partnership with other agencies

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Latest income
£268k
Latest spending
£638k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has ceased operations and the financial statements were not prepared on a going concern basis. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £674 are being applied to support the orderly wind-down of activities and meet closure liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SAFE Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£758k
Total spending
£759k
Cost of raising funds
£33k
Reserves (reported)
£371k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 4.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£268k£638k
31/03/2025£758k£759k
31/03/2024£838k£808k
31/03/2023£759k£681k
31/03/2022£571k£631k

Common questions

Is SAFE Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has ceased operations and the financial statements were not prepared on a going concern basis. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £674 are being applied to support the orderly wind-down of activities and meet closure liabilities. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAFE Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFE Foundation as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£200kACE Charity Main Grants
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2023£20kTowards a 12-month pilot of Working Together to Stay Together.
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£15kSocial justice
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2024£15kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kGeneral Charitable Causes
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£10kGrants
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery03/01/2025£40kMillionaire Street 2025 01w1
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20kStorytelling Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2022£254kFlourishing Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2022£10kYoung People's Trauma Recovery Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2021£10kFlourishing Families - Equine Therapy
UK government25/06/2020£58kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£9kDomestic Abuse Covid Response
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2020£10kDomestic Abuse Recovery Support
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2018£10kSupporting the Traumatised Child
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2017£299kBoys 2 Men Project
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2016£7k'SAFE Volunteers' project

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 SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAFE Foundation£268k——unclear—no doubt
SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
SAFETY WELLBEING AND CHALLENGING ABUSE FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
SAFE AND SOUND GROUP FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION FY2025£292k—0above—no doubt
SAFE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£109k—0below—no doubt

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