British Safety Council

Analysis

British Safety Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04618713). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Safety Council reported income of £11.6m and spending of £11.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8.2m to £11.6m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Safety Council sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Integrated Systemic Therapy (£11.6m), Summer Fields' School Trust Limited (£11.6m) and Wolverhampton Grammar School Limited (£11.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 3.4% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £10.0m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 137 people.