The Safe Start Foundation

Analysis

The Safe Start Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in July 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Safe Start Foundation reported income of £69k and spending of £206k, spending 299% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £135k to £69k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Safe Start Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dasmais Singh Saba Gurdwara Bhatra (£69k), Guru Nanak Sikh Community Centre Swansea (£69k) and William Hill Saunders Fund (£69k).

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.