SAFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Registered charity 297903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOHN MCCARTHY FOUNDATION, THE MCCARTHY FOUNDATION

Safe Partnership provides home security surveys, target hardening, safe rooms and sanctuaries UK wide, Our charity works with local authorities, housing associations and partner charities to provide services at no cost to the survivor.

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Latest income

£680k

Latest spending

£596k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £78,767 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £679,907 against expenditure of £596,469. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £429,784, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three months of expenditure. The trustees identified the non-renewal of key contracts as the principal financial risk but noted that resources were focused on frontline delivery to maximize public benefit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £430k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to three months’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income

£680k

Total spending

£596k

Cost of raising funds

£18k

Reserves (reported)

£210k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Elisabeth Cravenchair
Bethany Jean Manning
Cherise Luke-Bennett
Katie o'connell

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£680k	£596k
31/03/2024	£565k	£405k
31/03/2023	£465k	£400k
31/03/2022	£366k	£343k
31/03/2021	£330k	£369k

Common questions

Is SAFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £78,767 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £679,907 against expenditure of £596,469. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £429,784, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for three months of expenditure. The trustees identified the non-renewal of key contracts as the principal financial risk but noted that resources were focused on frontline delivery to maximize public benefit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST	FY2023	£6k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST	FY2025	£5k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£5k
GLOBAL DIALOGUE	1	£57k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST	1	£23k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	1	£19k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	1	£15k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£15k

Charities like this

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

SAFER PLACES income £4.4m
STAYING PUT income £3.4m
Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership income £1.7m
SAFE GROUND income £659k
Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse income £4.4m
SAFENET DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED	£680k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAFER PLACES FY2025	£4.4m	£82,482	3	unclear	—	no doubt
STAYING PUT FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAFE GROUND FY2025	£659k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse FY2025	£4.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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