Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 16
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN 

The objectives are 1) provision of relief to families in crisis from poverty, conflict, hardship, homelessness, ill health or addiction 2) relief of needs of overwhelmed and resource limited parents and their children through the provision of safe, temporary family stays for their children and 3) protection of the physical and mental health of the children. Support provided through volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£4,782£4,849£-67£7£934£9262.31645,408
31/03/22£4,157£4,117£40£4£1,010£9942.91405,126
31/03/21£4,297£3,597£700£36£968£90231164,897
31/03/20£2,832£2,664£167£16£268£1750.8864,539
31/03/19£2,251£2,499£-248£0£100£650.3764,161
31/03/18£2,464£2,122£342£0£348£3201.8640
31/03/17£1,630£1,822£-192£0£6£20520
31/03/16£2,056£2,056£0£0£197£180.1380
31/03/15£1,094£947£147£3£198£50.1280
31/03/14£515£518£-3£2£51£501.280
31/03/13*£250£196£54£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 11 years

www.safefamilies.uk

info@safefamilies.uk

0333 414 1488

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for families & carers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 164 employees
  • 5,408 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • CSJ Awards 2019 Family Award
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£300,000
The Segelman Trust£200,000
DCMS£94,983
CHK Foundation£89,000
The Childhood Trust£51,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Safe Families for Children
£5,500 12/10/2023
Northumberland Peer Nurture Groups Pilot
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£64,000 07/09/2022
to support specified work
The Shears Foundation - Safe Families for Children
£5,000 09/08/2022
Safe Families in Northumberland
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Safe Families
£100,000 12/07/2022
To support the development of the charity's therapeutic parenting model
The Childhood Trust - C-59016
£2,500 28/06/2022
At Safe Families we believe that no one should feel alone. As we continue to support isolated families across the UK we are also expanding into new areas including London.
The Childhood Trust - Safe Families - Supporting Isolated Families 2022
£12,500 12/06/2022
At Safe Families we believe that no one should feel alone. As we continue to support isolated families across the UK we are also expanding into new areas including London.
Dulverton Trust - Trauma Informed Support
£29,429 28/10/2021
Trauma Informed Support
The Childhood Trust - Safe Families supporting families to recover
£2,500 22/06/2021
At Safe Families we believe that no one should feel alone. As children and families recover from the impact of COVID19, we are looking to raise funds to increase our ability to offer hope, support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe Families Wellbeing Project
£90,000 16/12/2020
25
This group will use the funding to expand their ‘Safe Families Wellbeing Project’ which aims stabilise families and provide a safe home environment in which children can flourish. The group ....more
The Childhood Trust - Safe Families - Supporting Isolated Families
£4,000 08/12/2020
At Safe Families we believe that no one should feel alone. As we continue to support isolated families across the UK we are also expanding into new areas including London.
The Childhood Trust - Safe Families - London Family Support
£10,000 03/07/2020
At Safe Families we believe that no one should feel alone. During the current crisis, we are looking to raise funds to increase our ability to train and enable new 'Connect Friends' in London to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£94,983 03/07/2020
"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
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£25,000 17/03/2020
to support work with care leavers
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect to Change
£210,000 19/12/2019
36
The funding will provide a range of support and services to families and children who are experiencing crisis across the UK, with the aim of improving wellbeing.
The Childhood Trust - Launch 'safe families for children' in London
£20,000 10/12/2019
Safe Families believes that every child deserves to thrive and we recognise that for that to happen children need to feel loved and secure. Having supported over 8000 children within their families ....more
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Safe Families for Children
£100,000 12/11/2019
36
To support the core costs of the organiation
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe Families for Children in Cumbria
£288,562 22/06/2018
48
The group offer a variety of services to help children and families experiencing hardship or working through a crisis, with the aim of preventing children from entering the care system and providing ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2013, number: 1150405
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/07/2012, number: 08134971
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR13: 1 days late,
Main office

4 Diamond Court
Kingston Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 2EN

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING (1) THE PROVISION OF RELIEF AND RESPITE TO FAMILIES IN CRISES ARISING FROM POVERTY CONFLICT, HARDSHIP, HOMELESSNESS, ILL HEALTH OR ADDICTIONS, (2) THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF OVERWHELMED AND RESOURCE LIMITED PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAFE, TEMPORARY FAMILY STAYS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND (3) THE PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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