Safety Net (UK)

Analysis

Safety Net (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Safety Net (UK) reported income of £1.1m and spending of £982k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £617k to £1.1m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Safety Net (UK) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Irshad Trust (£1.1m), Cambridge Steiner School Project (£1.1m) and Reading Education Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 25% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Reserves of £268k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.