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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

Safe Families for Children

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £7.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.safefamilies.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Safe Families for Children
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.2m£6.1m
  • 2024£4.8m£5.0m
  • 2023£4.8m£4.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.2m£4.1m
  • 2021£4.3m£3.6m
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING (1) THE PROVISION OF RELIEF AND RESPITE TO FAMILIES IN CRISES ARISING FROM POVERTY CONFLICT, HARDSHIP, HOMELESSNESS, ILL HEALTH OR ADDICTIONS, (2) THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF OVERWHELMED AND RESOURCE LIMITED PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAFE, TEMPORARY FAMILY STAYS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND (3) THE PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

10
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Economic/community Development/employment 2Other Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Disability 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.

Other services 16Health and social care 8Professional services 4

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£7.2m 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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021

192 from 116 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1150405
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 JUL 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/11/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 JAN 2018
Companies House
Company number 08134971 · Active
Contact on the register
0333 414 1488 · info@safefamilies.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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