Smart Criminal Justice Services

Analysis

Smart Criminal Justice Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03398982). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Smart Criminal Justice Services reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £1.3m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Smart Criminal Justice Services sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Waltham Forest Ltd (£1.3m), Wirral Youth Zone (£1.3m) and Active Essex Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 4.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £537k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.