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Registered charity (CIO) · Essex

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  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Flexible Fund - Part of PEDACC Contract Buyer: Essex County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Supply £25000.00 The Flexible Fund forms part of the requirements of the domestic abuse contract and was written into the specification. A decision was taken not to include it in the contract value as this may fluctuate and it was agreed t…

About

What it does
Disability
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.safesteps.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.7m£1.7m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.4m
  • 2023£1.1m£983k
Earlier years
  • 2022£999k£814k
  • 2021£968k£879k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 59% · Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE FROM THE SOUTH EAST REGION OF ENGLAND IN BY AIDING THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEE IN THEIR DISCRETION.TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE SOUTH EAST REGION OF ENGLAND;TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE SOUTH EAST REGION OF ENGLAND IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF, INCLUDING BY UNDERTAKING OR CONTRIBUTING TO RESEARCH INTO SUCH MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Grants received

15 grants · £460,468 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £289,547 (2 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £72,671 (11 grants)
  • Postcode Community Trust · £60,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £38,250

Most recent

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.

7 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
3.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020

38 from 20 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.
93%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1177687
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 26 Mar 2018 as amended on 17 Apr 2019 as amended on 14 Oct 2021
Contact on the register
01702 302333 · enquiries@safesteps.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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