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British Safety Council

British Safety Council is a registered charity (number 1097271) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Peter Mcgettrick since 2018. Latest income £12m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £12m (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados and more
Website
www.britsafe.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British Safety Council
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£12m£11m
  • 2024£11m£11m
  • 2023£10m£10m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.8m£8.9m
  • 2021£8.2m£6.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1. THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS, INJURY, AND DISEASE;2. THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY FROM, AND THE PREVENTION AND SOLUTION OF, CRIMINAL ACTS;3. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT; 4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES, AND B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION, BY ANY MEANS INCLUDING EDUCATING PEOPLE (WHICH FOR THESE PURPOSES SHALL INCLUDE FIRMS, COMPANIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS RESIDENT IN AND/OR CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE) AND DISSEMINATING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT MEASURES, METHODS, PRECAUTIONS AND BEST PRACTICE FOR ENSURING SUCH ENDS.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 13Tech and media 3Professional services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£10.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

15.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 14.9 in 2020

133 from 104 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1097271
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/12/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/03/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/10/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/12/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/11/2011 as amended on 30 Jan 2023
Companies House
Company number 04618713 · Active
Contact on the register
02087411231 · customer.service@britsafe.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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