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safelives

The charity supports other charities or voluntary bodies, other defined groups, and the general public. Safelives is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Bristol and operates in Northern Ireland, England And Wales, and Scotland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

SafeLives, formerly known as CAADA is a national charity supporting a strong multi-agency response to domestic abuse. SafeLives provides practical tools, training, guidance, quality assurance, policy and data insight to support professionals and organisations working with domestic abuse victims. The aim is to protect the highest risk victims and their children.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£9,902,553
Latest Expenditure
£8,768,632

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 86.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 97.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 3.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £2,095,061
Charitable Activities £7,695,170
Other Trading £0
Investments £112,322
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £8,513,716
Raising Funds £254,916
Governance £39,522
Grants to Institutions £2,062,248
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£9,902,553£8,768,632£8,513,716£3,583,886£2,482,125112 / 0
2023£8,823,905£9,802,149£9,532,746£2,449,965£2,062,657110 / 0
2022£9,183,427£9,200,712£9,013,453£3,428,209£2,351,81398 / 0
2021£8,261,905£7,334,227£7,164,272£3,445,494£1,196,80782 / 0
2020£6,990,974£6,067,052£5,876,616£2,517,816£873,59273 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers