Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

SAFETY FIRST COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED 

Safety First Community Training Centres primary aim is to provide a focal point in the community where people can become involved in a range of activities including : Education, Training, Recreation,Health projects and also to provide a response to particular problems identified by the community and / or residents
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 15 years

www.safetyfirstcommunitytrainingcentre.org.uk

admin.safetyfirst@btconnect.com

01274727233

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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
31/01/23*£186£185£1n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/01/22£117£138£-21n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/01/21£111£97£14n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/01/20£111£78£33n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/01/19£89£87£2n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/01/18£66£64£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£54£59£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16£52£51£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15*£54£48£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/14£50£48£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13£34£46£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/12£27£22£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/11?£14£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City,

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£245,248
DCMS£45,019
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
People's Health Trust£0
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Warm Inside and Out
£9,993 21/04/2023
The funding will be used to expand its hot food provision for unemployed adults including asylum seekers refugees and those with disabilities. The project will provide free healthy meals four days ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Beyond Barriers : Working Together for All
£225,257 18/11/2022
This funding will be used to work with people in Bradford who are experiencing multiple disadvantages and who often find themselves furthest from employment. The funding will support Safety First ....more
People's Health Trust - B-Active Bradford
£0 06/09/2022
This two-year project offers a weekly women's social group for South Asian women living across Bradford. Participants are largely over 40, living alone and speak English as a second language. Each ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/04/2022
Core costs support for our holistic training and community programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Safety First Community Hub
£9,998 17/12/2021
The funding will be used to continue to deliver a training project for disadvantaged people within the community. The project aims to provide training and support in topics such as English Maths and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,019 23/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Capacity
£49,903 18/04/2019
12
This funding is for an employment skills project for local young people and adults who face multiple barriers. These may include young women residing in women's refuges, refugees and asylum seekers, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Communities -Valuing Voluntee
£9,940 31/01/2019
12
The project will deliver volunteer training and a work placement programme to enable refugees and asylum seekers to gain relevant workplace skills. This will increase their chances of securing ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 25/07/2018
Community Enabler & Community Café Project
National Lottery Community Fund - The Speak Up Project
£9,795 02/08/2017
12
The group will deliver English language classes for refugees and asylum seekers. This will enable new arrivals to the area to gain a greater understanding of local customs, services and employment, ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme.
£500 20/06/2017
Towards a summer play scheme.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Safety First Community Training Centre
£14,100 30/05/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Admin Officer
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards helping disabled children access safe play provision
£1,000 12/05/2011
Towards helping disabled children access safe play provision alongside mainstream children in Bradford.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-72
  • ZULEKHA PANDOR (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Parental Involvement Office
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/2009, number: 1128555
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/10/2008, number: 06713923
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
14 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR15: 16 days late,
Main office

3rd Floor
Howard House
6 Bank Street
Bradford

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE BRADFORD DISTRICT, WEST YORKSHIRE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ABOVE AREA AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRADFORD DISTRICT, WEST YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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