The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Safelives

Registered charity 1106864 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8Economic/community Development/employment 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The 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.

Education 9Health and social care 3Other 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10.6m 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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

114 from 82 in 2021
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.
49%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.safelives.org.uk
Emailinfo@safelives.org.uk
Phone01174033220
AddressWhitefriars Business Centre, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, BRISTOL, BS1 2NT

Finances

£10,628,690 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,261,905£7,334,227
2022£9,183,427£9,200,712
2023£8,823,905£9,802,149
2024£9,902,553£8,768,632
2025£10,628,690£11,301,683

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THOSE OBJECTS) TO PROMOTE BEST PRACTICE AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PUBLIC, VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY AGENCIES IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, ITS CAUSES, REMEDIES AND PREVENTION

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/08/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/11/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/05/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 APR 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Safelives · 05203237 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/08/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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