Registered charity (CIO) · Lancaster
Supportive Approachable Friendly Environment (Safe)
Supportive Approachable Friendly Environment (Safe) is a registered charity (number 1203674) based in Lancaster, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Val Baxter since 2025. Latest income £59k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Safe (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £59k (2025)
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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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Lancashire
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£59k£33k
- 2024£40k£16k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, RESIDING IN THE LANCASTER DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDING EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION SUPPORT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE ARTS, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING WORKSHOPS, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND SUPPORT DELIVERED IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
Grants received
3 grants · £20,951 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £4,951
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £1,000
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Val Baxter Chair since 2025
- Charmaine Rothwell since 2023
- Glyn Jones since 2026
- Jon Lowson since 2023
- Pam Pickles since 2026
- Rebecca Blackburn since 2023
- Rhiannon Sharkey since 2023
- Sue Horner since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Val Baxter Chair since 2025
- Charmaine Rothwell since 2023
- Glyn Jones since 2026
- Jon Lowson since 2023
- Pam Pickles since 2026
- Rebecca Blackburn since 2023
- Rhiannon Sharkey since 2023
- Sue Horner since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1203674
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Jun 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07568937988 · committeeforsafe@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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