Safe Haven in Paradise

Analysis

Safe Haven in Paradise is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Safe Haven in Paradise reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £99k to £12k (-88%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Safe Haven in Paradise sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St James's Piccadilly Charity (£12k), Tomchei Torah Charitable Trust (£12k) and Leeds Bramley Church of the Nazarene (£12k).

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.