Overall GiG Score: 23 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

NIGHTSAFE LIMITED 

Nightsafe is a charity for young homeless people aged between 16 and 25th Birthday. We have 6 projects - a Daycentre, Nightshelter - emergency accommodation, Supported Housing projects - Witton Project, Cornfield Cliffe, Safe@Silas and Anchor Avenue - supported housing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 33 years

www.nightsafe.org

info@nightsafe.org

01254503067

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,107£1,085£22£12£522£4905.42525
31/03/22£901£1,002£-101£12£500£4655.62020
31/03/21£964£856£108£22£601£5607.92018
31/03/20£1,128£1,025£103£18£492£4565.32433
31/03/19£768£648£120£15£389£3276.11945
31/03/18£640£622£18£13£270£1983.8170
31/03/17£620£620£0£9£251£1883.6150
31/03/16£639£657£-18£10£251£2133.9160
31/03/15£606£604£3£6£270£2234.460
31/03/14£469£564£-95£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£476£510£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£522£511£11£10£407£3668.650
31/03/11£555£467£88£7£416£3579.250
31/03/10£467£486£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£466£501£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£431£423£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£385£406£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£375£372£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£414£358£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£466£375£91£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 9.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£276,683
BBC Children in Need£95,138
Brian Mercer Trust£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Nightsafe
£41,904 26/10/2023
This grant will support young people who are experiencing housing insecurity and offer 1-1 support to reduce exposure to unsafe spaces and support with mental wellbeing.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,393 31/10/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Nightsafe
£75,000 13/04/2022
Funding night shelter for homeless in Blackburn
National Lottery Community Fund - Safer Links
£248,292 22/02/2021
36
The organisation supports homeless people between the ages of 16 and 24. Along with offering supported housing for young people they also offer an emergency accommodation service. Funding for the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 20/11/2020
Nightsafe Anchors
Youth Music - Gimme Shelter
£9,746 29/10/2020
Gimme Shelter
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Nightsafe
£53,234 31/07/2020
Covid19 - This project will deliver support for homeless young people in East Lancashire who have been affected by COVID-19 and lockdown measures, improving their life skills, confidence and helping ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nightsafe Crisis
£28,391 28/05/2020
6
A project for young people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness and will provide accommodation day centres with information advice and guidance and help with emergency needs. Funding will ....more
Youth Music - Sound of the Streets
£18,390 21/11/2018
Sound of the Streets
National Lottery Community Fund - Safelinks
£336,812 31/05/2017
36
This project will continue to offer practical daytime services and mentor support for homeless or vulnerably housed young people in Blackburn with Darwen. It will also develop out of hours support to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Nightsafe
£80,000 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' salary of the Youth Inclusion Worker at a project providing a day centre for homeless and vulnerably housed young people in Lancashire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nightsafe
£50,000 06/05/2015
24
providing emergency and longer term supported accommodation and self development opportunities for young people in order they can successfully live independently
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe Links
£306,851 18/02/2014
36
This is a continuation and expansion project by Nightsafe Limited (NL) based at their day centre in Blackburn with Darwen in East Lancashire. It will provide day time services and night time ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nightsafe Limited
£81,000 16/05/2013
36
over three years towards additional staffing to enable their day centre for young homeless people in Blackburn to extend its opening hours
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Nightsafe
£38,000 29/09/2011
the salary and on costs of two Youth Inclusion Workers
Sport England - Esteem
£9,918 05/09/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Esteem'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-65
  • LUCY ROSS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Support Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/1991, number: 1002057
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/08/1990, number: 02531951
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Nightsafe Ltd
45 Railway Road
Blackburn
BB1 1EZ

Objectives

A) TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND INCLUDING PRIMARILYBUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EAST LANCASHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED ‘THE AREA OF BENEFIT’);(B) TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;(C) TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING, INFORMATION AND ADVISORY SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE;(D) TO PROVIDE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGE IN; AND(E) TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE FACILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS RELATING TO HOMELESSNESSAND IMPROVE THE WELLBEING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND INCLUDING PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY EAST LANCASHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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