Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    SAFER PLACES 

    The Charity is established to relieve distress and suffering amongst people living with or fleeing from, or at risk of, Domestic Abuse. To ensure the safety, improve the quality of life, and reduce repeat victimisation for the survivors of domestic violence, by providing a comprehensive service of advice, support, education and training and immediate access to our safe accommodation when required.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
    Established: 31 years

    www.saferplaces.co.uk

    info@saferplaces.co.uk

    03301025812

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
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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£3,954£3,783£170£0£2,087£2,0856.65415
    31/03/22£3,410£3,174£236£0£1,830£1,8306.95115
    31/03/21£2,983£2,838£145£0£674£6742.84635
    31/03/20£2,491£2,894£-403£0£635£6142.55325
    31/03/19£4,021£4,033£-12£0£681£68128910
    31/03/18£3,979£3,920£59£0£480£4801.5820
    31/03/17£3,719£3,871£-152£0£-228£-246-0.8650
    31/03/16£3,588£3,558£31£0£532£5321.8680
    31/03/15£3,038£3,075£-37£8£0£0-0660
    31/03/14£2,970£2,952£17£16£481£4812690
    31/03/13£2,925£2,591£334£13£593£5932.7750
    31/03/12£2,076£2,156£-80£13£-863£-863-4.8600
    31/03/11£2,512£2,721£-209£27£1,440£7783.4780
    31/03/10£2,301£2,378£-77£24£1,649£7433.7700
    31/03/09£1,938£1,954£-16£26£1,726£1,72610.6410
    31/03/08*£2,035£2,058£-23£34£1,802£1,80210.5440
    31/03/07£1,999£1,880£119£42£1,826£1,79511.5430
    31/03/06£1,844£1,631£214£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£1,773£1,405£368£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£1,731£1,305£426£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
    Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 28%
    Liabilities/Income: 21%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.4
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Essex, Hertfordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 54 employees
    • 15 volunteers

    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
    Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£207,140
    DCMS£187,288
    Essex Community Foundation£65,483
    The Pilgrim Trust£43,089
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Safer Places
    £1,000 17/11/2022
    to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Safer Places
    £8,000 14/05/2021
    to purchase commercial cleaning services to improve the turn-around time on rooms within refuge accommodation for Essex beneficiaries in line with Covid19 protocols
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Safer Places
    £10,000 29/03/2021
    Domestic abuse support
    The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Safer Places
    £43,089 26/11/2020
    36
    A three-year grant towards Safe Haven - specialist support and safety for destitute women and children without recourse to public funds
    Essex Community Foundation - Rosie Centre Volunteer Co-ordinator
    £5,500 15/10/2020
    to employ a volunteer coordinator to help support volunteers at a domestic abuse Centre in Harlow
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Safer Places
    £31,000 06/10/2020
    to provide an annex to the family refuge due to the impact of COVID19, providing safer living conditions and support from a part-time IDVA
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Hidden Victims J9
    £4,684 28/09/2020
    Grant to Safer Places
    Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
    £29,345 16/09/2020
    Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £43,288 26/08/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Safer Places
    £5,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund sessional 1:1 and group support, and multi-agency advocacy work to children who have experienced domestic violence and have heightened anxieties due to Covid-19, and to ....more
    Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
    £74,225 05/06/2020
    Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Safer Places
    £15,000 22/04/2020
    towards the running costs of a charity providing emergency refuges and domestic abuse support in Essex during COVID19
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - COVID 19 Emergency
    £4,927 14/04/2020
    Grant to Safer Places
    Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
    £103,570 01/04/2020
    A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
    Essex Community Foundation - Therapeutic Creche
    £4,983 06/02/2020
    12
    to provide a therapeutic creche in Harlow for children of mothers who have experienced domestic abuse
    Ministry of Justice - Female Offenders: Community Investment Fund
    £3,612 09/12/2019
    This project will help equip the kitchen, group room and creche of Safer Places' new women’s centre in Essex, an area with few such facilities.
    DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
    £96,000 02/10/2019
    Safer Places (SP) and Streets 2 Homes (S2H) will work with homeless or vulnerably housed women in Harlow who have experienced domestic/sexual abuse and multiple disadvantages. To engage women who are ....more
    DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
    £48,000 02/10/2019
    Safer Places (SP) and Streets 2 Homes (S2H) will work with homeless or vulnerably housed women in Harlow who have experienced domestic/sexual abuse and multiple disadvantages. To engage women who are ....more
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Women and Family Fun
    £4,660 25/06/2019
    Grant to Safer Places
    Essex Community Foundation - Nationwide Community Funding
    £50,000 01/03/2019
    11
    To employ a Housing Support Officer for one year to work with women and families affected by domestic violence to find long term housing solutions in the Harlow area
    Essex Community Foundation - Smack That (a conversation) in Harlow
    £6,250 14/02/2019
    1
    To help deliver interactive workshops in Harlow to raise awareness of domestic abuse
    Essex Community Foundation - Chelmsford refuge play area
    £4,500 07/09/2016
    0
    To improve the children's play area at a women's refuge in Chelmsford
    National Lottery Community Fund - Daisy
    £300,295 13/03/2013
    36
    Emergency support for adults living in Essex experiencing domestic violence, through the provision of community outreach and signposting to local services. Hospital and police staff will refer ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 48-79
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/1993, number: 1018832
    • Registered at Companies House on 12/02/1993, number: 02789572
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Homes England
    Policies in force
    • 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
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR08: 14 days late, AR04: 36 days late,
    Main office

    PO BOX 2489
    HARLOW
    CM18 6WZ

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR FLEEING FROM OR AT RISK OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INCLUDING STALKING AND HARASSMENT; TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR THEIR FUTURE BENEFIT; TO EDUCATE THOSE WHO WORK WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TO PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUSING FOR THOSE SUFFERING, FLEEING, OR AT RISK OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING AND HARASSMENT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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