Safe Ground

Analysis

Safe Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03080847). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Safe Ground reported income of £659k and spending of £554k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £230k to £659k (+187%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Safe Ground sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bloc Productions (£658k), The Association for Music in International Schools (£659k) and The Bomb Factory Art Foundation (£658k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84% and donations and legacies 15%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £200k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.