Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SAFER LIVING FOUNDATION 

The Safer Living Foundation (SLF) is a joint venture between senior members of HMP Whatton and psychologists from Nottingham Trent University, with input from National Probation Service (East Midlands) and Police. The charity adopts a multi-agency approach with a strong research and evaluation component, focused on reducing sexual (re)offending through rehabilitative and preventative initiatives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 10 years

www.saferlivingfoundation.org

julie.fox@ntu.ac.uk

01158224655

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
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
31/01/23£241£303£-62n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/01/22£275£319£-44n/an/an/an/an/a48
31/01/21£327£278£49n/an/an/an/an/a137
31/01/20£327£278£49n/an/an/an/an/a137
31/01/19£236£214£22n/an/an/an/an/a57
31/01/18£155£133£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£154£118£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16£74£61£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15£90£19£71£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 17 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • Third Sector Awards 2019 Charity of the Year
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
BBC Children in Need£100,500
Lloyds Bank Foundation£85,250
Tudor Trust£62,000
The Rayne Foundation£60,000
AB Charitable Trust£45,000
The Bromley Trust£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Safer Living Foundation
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Safer Living Foundation
£25,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Safer Living Foundation works to rehabilitate people who have committed sexual offences with the aim of ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Safer Living Foundation (SLF)
£100,500 10/08/2021
This project will deliver a volunteer "Circles of Support" and activities for young people who have previously displayed harmful sexual behaviour. The activities will result in reduced risk ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£50,000 29/07/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Safer Living Foundation
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£7,000 08/06/2021
Aurora Project
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£60,000 07/06/2021
Towards SLF’s work with young people, including Circles of Support and Accountability, and the Apollo Project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 14/05/2021
The Apollo Programme
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Safer Living Foundation
£20,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. The Safer Living Foundation is focused on rehabilitating people who have committed sexual offences, thereby reducing the likelihood of reoffending, and on ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£2,000 13/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£45,000 14/07/2020
The Safer Living Foundation works with individuals with sexual convictions and those at risk of offending and aims to prevent sexual abuse. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support Safer Living Foundation to sustain their work to support work addressing Offending, Prison or Community Service Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£10,000 28/02/2020
Circles of Support for Young people at risk of a sexual offence
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£5,000 28/02/2020
Circles of Support for Young people at risk of a sexual offence
Tudor Trust - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£60,000 07/10/2019
36
over three years towards the salary of a manager to develop a programme of support and reintegration for sex offenders in the Midlands
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS Innovation Grant Programme 19-20
£82,154 01/04/2019
To address the distinct needs of young adults and improve approaches to their management and rehabilitation. 
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Safer Living Foundation
£10,000 24/01/2019
£10,000 towards core costs. The Safer Living Foundation seeks to protect people from and prevent sexual crimes. It promotes the rehabilitation for those who have committed sexual offences through ....more
Ministry of Justice - Addressing the needs of Male and/or Female Young Adults - Safer Living Foundation
£73,570 06/07/2018
To address the distinct needs of young adults and improve approaches to their management and rehabilitation. 
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£93,000 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of a prevention project providing treatment to individuals with inappropriate sexual interests in the East Midlands
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£30,000 08/12/2016
36
Towards setting up and running Young People's Circles of Support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Safer Living Foundation
£50,000 24/11/2016
24
The charity provides support for those having committed sex offences to prepare for and re-enter the community using the Circles of Support Model. This grant will support the salary of the Project ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Safer Living Foundation - to run Circles of Support and Accountability
£10,000 27/02/2014
12
_x000B_This is a project by a community organisation in Nottingham. The group will use the funding to run a circle of support and accountability for offenders. This will provide the beneficiaries ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2014, number: 1155788
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

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34 Carlton Business Centre
Carlton
NOTTINGHAM
NG4 3AA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:• TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE FROM, AND THE PREVENTION OF, SEXUAL CRIME.• TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED OR ARE LIKELY TO COMMIT OFFENCES, PARTICULARLY SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST OTHERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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