Safer Communities Limited

Analysis

Safer Communities Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton-On-Tees. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03186535). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Safer Communities Limited reported income of £764k and spending of £865k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £764k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Safer Communities Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Fowler Smith and Jones Trust (£764k), Gloucestershire Young Carers Project (£767k) and Better Leeds Communities (£756k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 2.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £566k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.