Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

SAFERWORLD 

Saferworld is an independent non-governmental organisation that works to prevent armed violence and create safer communities in which people can lead peaceful and rewarding lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 29 years

www.saferworld-global.org

admin@saferworld.org.uk

02073244646

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£22,448£18,885£3,563£111£7,035£1,1700.72090
31/03/22£14,066£14,838£-772£115£3,472£1,6391.31460
31/03/21£18,821£18,300£521£336£4,244£1,0830.71970
31/03/20£20,101£20,071£30£364£3,723£1,0070.62140
31/03/19£18,805£19,274£-469£358£3,692£8820.52220
31/03/18£14,987£16,282£-1,295£326£4,161£8770.62040
31/03/17£15,422£13,165£2,257£285£5,457£1,14811530
31/03/16*£12,301£11,945£356£309£3,200£8580.91450
31/03/15£10,352£12,263£-1,911£298£2,907£8810.91490
31/03/14*£11,069£9,009£2,060£87£4,818£1,1981.61190
31/03/13£9,061£8,008£1,053£289£2,758£1,1181.7930
31/03/12£6,664£7,451£-787£253£1,705£8201.3740
31/03/11£6,821£6,322£500£184£2,492£5541.1730
31/03/10£5,170£4,543£627£160£1,992£4841.3590
31/03/09£4,756£3,912£844£110£1,365£4281.3440
31/03/08£3,058£3,333£-276£107£521£3831.4450
31/03/07£2,911£3,150£-239£87£797£3601.4460
31/03/06£3,034£2,716£318£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,186£3,028£159£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,374£2,236£138£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 17%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 209 employees
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Burma, China, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£156,886 18/03/2023
Peacebuilding responses to crises and threats: challenging trends in securitisation
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£158,188 18/03/2023
Security Policy Change 2023 – 2026: UK security assistance in a changing world
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£167,845 19/03/2022
In pursuit of stronger UK and European arms transfer controls
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£50,000 19/03/2022
Peacebuilding responses to crises and threats
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£120,000 19/03/2022
Rethinking Security - coordination and operating costs
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Conflict Sensitivity Facility
£432,088 01/04/2021
The programme will deliver vital reforms that strengthen the humanitarian response and ways of working in protracted crisis, maintain the lives and dignity of over 550,000 vulnerable people a year ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Research to improve FCDO conflict programming about resilience and what works to address threats posed by violent criminal or proscribed groups
£94,820 01/04/2021
To produce research analysis and best practice guidance that will help to inform global policy on how development programming and policy can have the greatest impact on stability and security ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld/Rethinking Security
£14,750 12/07/2019
6
Rethinking Security: Brexit, security and the UK's place in the world
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£100,000 16/03/2019
24
Charting a path for better UK and European arms transfer controls 2019-21
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld/Rethinking Security
£120,000 02/12/2017
36
Rethinking Security coordination and operating costs
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Saferworld
£105,000 02/12/2017
36
Peace and rights-based responses to terror and forced displacement
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-69
  • NANA TOURE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Advisory Committee
  • OLA SALEH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Humanitarian
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/1995, number: 1043843
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/1995, number: 03015948
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 21 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OXFORD RESEARCH GROUP on 20/10/2022
Main office

SAFERWORLD
BRICK YARD
28 CHARLES SQUARE
LONDON
N1 6HT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ON A NON-PARTISAN AND NON-POLITICAL BASIS EDUCATION IN AND RESEARCH INTO (AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) CONFLICT PREVENTION MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO WEAPONS MILITARY STRATEGY AND EXPENDITURE DEFENCE INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL PEACE KEEPING AND THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES FOR SPECIFIC PRE-CONFLICT CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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