Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

SAFE AND SOUND GROUP 

We work to keep people safe from exploitation, sexual violence and abuse, by:- Supporting those affected by child sexual exploitation, enabling them to move to a place of safety; - Providing training and resources to facilitate the identification and support of victims of exploitation and abuse;- Influencing change, by using our knowledge and experience to transform policy and opinion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
Established: 22 years

www.safeandsoundgroup.org.uk

info@safeandsoundgroup.org.uk

01332362120

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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£792£683£109£34£529£5038.81916
31/03/22£736£602£135£34£420£3827.61718
31/03/21£497£356£141n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/20*£457£476£-19n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/19£457£476£-19n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18*£429£565£-136£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£583£594£-12£9£393£2675.4150
31/03/16£688£602£86£12£405£2825.6160
31/03/15£498£433£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£496£409£87£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£568£585£-18£32£166£1332.7110
31/03/12£549£577£-28£33£184£1723.6130
31/03/11£578£533£45£20£212£942.1140
31/03/10£381£381£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£366£316£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£268£261£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£224£179£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£140£114£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£71£77£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£54£42£12£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 8.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 3.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 16 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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£449,235
Henry Smith Charity£239,400
Esmee Fairbairn£124,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£67,000
BBC Children in Need£64,166
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
DCMS£21,176
The Pilgrim Trust£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£4,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£7,000 06/05/2022
Jubilee Grant Restricted Project Funding
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£119,400 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a SEND case worker providing specialist support for vulnerable SEND children, young people and families, affected by child exploitation and the impact of the COVID-19 ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 30/07/2021
Transforming Young Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming young lives
£449,235 18/03/2021
36
The group will use its funding to move forward with plans to focus on wider exploitations concerning children and young people. The funding will allow the project to expand its staff to include case ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£20,000 23/09/2020
24
a two-year core grant to support a change of approach to cover a broader range of child exploitation in addition to child sexual exploitation (CSE)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£9,900 09/09/2020
purchase hardware equipment for a charity that works with disadvantaged young people Derbyshire
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Safe & Sound Group
£61,266 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project is for youth activities, early diversionary activities and outreach for young people with exprience of abuse, isolated due to Covid-19. This will increase physical safety, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 14/08/2020
Transforming Young Lives
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£120,000 12/08/2020
36
towards three years' salary and on costs of a Project Manager and a Business Manager at a project providing support services for children and young people affected by child exploitation, and their ....more
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Safe and Sound Group
£5,000 06/07/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Safe and Sound Group, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£18,276 23/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Safe & Sound Group
£2,900 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will provide a safe space for children and young people at risk of exploitation during Covid 19. As restrictions lift this will allow youth, transition and participation ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£9,300 02/06/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,900 21/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£120,000 12/05/2020
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to support young people in Derbyshire at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to safe and sound group
£5,000 06/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with vulnerable children and young people in Derbyshire
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£60,000 09/03/2020
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 26/04/2018
Safe and Sound: Fighting CSE
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Safe & Sound Group
£106,439 02/03/2018
36
This project will provide outreach, awareness raising and 1:1 case work support for children at risk of child sexual exploitation. The aim is to manage emotional wellbeing, develop an understanding ....more
Comic Relief - Working to end child sexual exploitation
£121,060 27/05/2015
36
Young people are at an increased risk of child sexual exploitation if experiencing other problems in their lives such as difficult family relationships, drug and alcohol misuse, being in care, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Safe & Sound Derby
£150,000 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting young people at risk of child sexual exploitation in the East Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Hub & Spoke - Child Sexual Exploitation
£418,542 10/08/2014
36
Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safe and Sound Group
£135,000 18/09/2013
Towards core costs to develop the programme of support for vulnerable children and young people and their families.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Safe & Sound Derby
£118,100 13/06/2013
36
towards three years’ salary of a Service Manager at an organisation in Derby that supports children and young people who are being, or are at risk of being, sexually exploited
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Safe and Sound Derby
£18,000 30/05/2012
the salary, NI and pension costs of the Service Manager, travel costs, training/conferences, mobile phone and clinical supervision
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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: 34-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/09/2002, number: 1093936
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2002, number: 04411425
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 30 days late, AR18: 29 days late,
Main office

First Floor
East Mill
Darley Abbey Mills
DERBY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND RELIEVE SICKNESS AND POVERTY OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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