**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** from: 1 April 2024 to: 31 March 2025
**Charity name:** Safer Greenwich
## **Charity registration number:** 1164754
## **Objectives and Activities:**
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|The objects of the CIO are to: -
_To promote for the public beneft in Greenwich, in partnership_
_with the police and the local community, the protecton of people_
_and property from, and the preventon of, criminal acts._|
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|Summary of the main
actvites in relaton to those
purposes for the public
beneft, in partcular, the
actvites, projects or
services identfed in the
accounts.|_In practce the objects mean the trustee meetngs ofen but not_
_exclusively focus on organising the local safer neighbourhood_
_board meetngs with the aim of:_
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promotng a safer Greenwich for the community
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improving the efciency of the police
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increasing community involvement in the preventon and
soluton of crime
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In the period 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025, the Board of Trustees
met on 30 May 2024, 05 September 2024, 14 November 2024 &
06 March 2025, where**items**confrmed/agreed were:
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Annual Report and Accounts
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Recommendatons to the AGM to Appoint an
Independent Examiner of Accounts
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Organisatonal arrangements for the 24 October 2024
AGM
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Monitoring 2024-2025 MOPAC funded projects.
The Board oversaw the following SNB meetngs: -
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20 June 2024;
which featured an introducton to the
interim superintendent and the chief inspector, how
police are addressing the medical and safeguarding needs
of disabledpeople inpolice custody/care,and a summary|
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-|on the crime and community conference.
26 Sept 2024:
which featured a presentaton on a how the
police and RBG are working to prevent burglary in
residental propertes and how victms are reassured afer
reportng a burglary. This was followed by an overview of
upcoming MOPAC funding applicaton.
5 December 2024:
which featured a presentaton on the
roles of the Independent Ofce for Police Conduct, the
Department of Professional Standard, and the
Professional Standards Unit. This was followed by a
discussion of how the police handle complaints and
misconduct.
27 Mar 2025:
featured an introducton to the new police
superintendent, a presentaton on the use of facial
recogniton in the borough, and a Greenwich Council topic
discussion on VAWG. This was followed by robust
discussion on the topics above.|
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|Statement confrming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
beneft|The main actvites undertaken for public beneft are ensuring
that the meetngs of the Greenwich Safer Neighbourhood board
hold the local police to account for their actvites.||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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policies and
procedures adopted
for the inducton and
training of trustees.
the charity’s
organisatonal
structure and any
wider network with
which the charity
works.
relatonship with any
related partes.
trustees’
consideraton of
major risks and the
system and|The Charity has developed a range of annually updated policies
and procedures to ensure that it is well governed including a
code of conduct and confict of interests policy.
Safer Greenwich (SG) contracts its administratve support to
METRO GAVS and also receives support from the Royal Borough
of Greenwich’s Community Safety team and the Metropolitan
Police
The Trustees have a risk management policy and methodology|
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||procedures to
manage them.|designed to identfy risks and actons that could be taken to
mitgate risks||
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## **Achievements and Performance**
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the**
**charity, identfying the**
**diference the charity’s**
**work has made to the**
**circumstances of its**
**benefciaries and any wider**
**benefts to society as a**
**whole.**|The main actvites undertaken to the public beneft are ensuring
that the meetngs of the Greenwich Safer Neighbourhood board
hold the local police to account for their actvites.
Safer Greenwich has been working on securing funding from the
Mayor’s Ofce for Policing and Crime’s (MOPAC) for projects
based in Greenwich which aim to prevent and/ reduce crime.
Projects include:
**Reducing Violence in our Community:**VAWG
– partcipated in
consultaton in new strategy for Greenwich Council’s Violence
Against Women and Girl’s work. Engagement with relevant local
organisatons and stakeholders and provided critcal examinaton
of strategy improvement. aimed at tackling the behaviour of
young boys showing signs of misogyny and inappropriate
behaviour.Facial Recogniton Awareness
– early educaton on
rollout of facial recogniton sofware in Met.
**New Met for London:**Organised two New Met for London
events to promote he The New Met for London values of
achieving More Trust, Less Crime, and High Standards. Events
took place at 7thNovember 2024 in Abbey Wood at C2K
Community Centre and 23rdJanuary at Eltham Hill School.
**Stay Safe from Scams:**borough-based event to promote
awareness on spotng scams and a relaxed conversaton on how
to staysafe around the borough.||
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal
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|sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
how expenditure has
supported the key
objectves of the charity;
investment policy and
objectves including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.|The Charity’s principal source of funding is MOPAC. A small
amount of this funding is designated for administratve support
and the remainder is distributed to local community
organisatons to prevent/reduce crime.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich contnues to provide support in
kind||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Consttuton agreed by Trustees 30 July 2015 & updated
20 September 2019|
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|How is the charity
consttuted?
(e.g unincorporated
associaton, CIO)|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton|
|Trustee selecton methods
including details of any
consttutonal provisions e.g.
electon to post or name of
any person or body enttled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Elected by AGM|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Safer Greenwich|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1164754|
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c/o METRO GAVS, 1[st] Floor, Woolwich Equitable House, 7 General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH
Charity’s principal address
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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7|**Trustee name**|**Ofce (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) enttled**
**to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
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||Cheryl Spruce|Chair||n/a|
||Karen Hughes|Treasurer||n/a|
||Claire Wheeler|||n/a|
||Rob Sayers|Co-Chair||n/a|
||Carlo Salvatore|||n/a|
||Cristyn Sharkey|||n/a|
||Roger Tester|||n/a|
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executve or names of senior staf members (Optonal informaton)**|||
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**
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SAFER GREENWICH ANNUAL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2025
## SAFER GREENWICH
## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
## INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
## FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2025
||UNRESTRICTED|RESTRICTED|TOTAL||TOTAL|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||FY2024/25||FY2023/24|
||£|£|£||£|
|INCOME||||||
|Other Income 4|-|-|-||-|
|Charitable Activities 5|-
|-|-||46,929|
|TOTAL INCOME|-|-|-||46,929|
|EXPENDITURE||||||
|Charitable Activities 6|-|500|500||27,583|
|Governance 7|-
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|TOTAL EXPENDITURE
|-|500|500||27,583|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)2|
|(500)_
__
|(500)_
__||19,346|
|RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS||||||
|TOTAL BROUGHT FORWARD|||47,606||28,260|
|TOTAL CARRY FORWARD|||47,106||47,606|
## SAFER GREENWICH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31[st] MARCH 2025
|Note|FY2024/25
|FY2023/24||
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|Fixed Asset|-||-|
|Current Assets||||
|Debtors and Prepayments|-||-|
|Cash at Bank 8|47,106|47,606||
|Creditors: Amounts due within 1 year 9|-||-|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|47,106|47,606||
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES|47,106|47,606||
|CREDITOS: Amounts due after 1 year|-||-|
|NET ASSETS|47,106|
|47,606|
|TOTAL FUNDS OF THE CHARITY 10||||
|UNRESTRICTED FUNDS|-||-|
|RESTRICTED FUNDS|
47,106
||47,606|
|TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS|47,106
||47,606|
## SAFER GREENWICH
## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
## FOR THE YEAR PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
## 1) ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below, and have been
consistently applied within the accounts.
## a) Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102), the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP),
“Accounting and Reporting by Charities” published in 2020 SORP (FRS102) and applicable charity and company law. The charity has taken advantage of the reduced disclosure framework and has not prepared a Cash Flow statement.
b) Incoming Resources/ Income
Incoming resources are recognised on an accruals basis, except that donations and legacies are recognised only upon receipt unless the donor advises otherwise. Grants & contracts are treated as income for the period to which the funder assigns the funds so matching income with the associated income for the period to which the funder assigns the funds so matching income with the associated costs of the services.
c) Charitable activities expenditure
Charitable activities consist of expenses incurred to further the company's aims and objectives of developing and maximising the effectiveness of the charity. Charitable expenditure includes the costs of training, sponsorship, grants and support to such organisations. The costs of liasing with member organisations, the preparation of directories and conferences are included as well as a suitable proportion of support costs, which, in the directors' opinion, relate to such activities. Salaries and consultant's fees, equipment depreciation and office overheads & consumables are apportioned between charitable activities, costs of generating charitable income and governance costs according to a best estimate of the time taken on each activity.
## d) Stocks of materials & literature
Stocks of materials and literature are written off as incurred.
## e) Going concern basis
The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
## f) VAT
Where appropriate expenditure includes irrecoverable value added tax.
## g) Fund Accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for the use in the furtherance of the charity's objectives. Restricted funds are subject to restrictions imposed by donors as set out in the notes to the accounts.
## h) Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.
Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid after taking account of any trade discounts due.
## i) Creditors
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## SAFER GREENWICH
|SAFER GREENWICH|||
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|NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS|||
|FOR THE YEAR PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025|||
||FY 2024/25|FY 2023/24|
|2) NET OPERATING SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)|£|£|
|The net operating surplus/(defcit) of income over|||
|expenditure is stated after charging: -|(500)|19,346|
|Staf costs (note 3) -|-|-|
|Depreciation of equipment -|-|-|
|3) STAFF COSTS|£|£|
|Staf costs for the year were as follows:|||
|Salaries|-|-|
|Social security costs|-|-|
|Defned contribution pension costs|-|-|
|The average number of persons employed by the|||
|charitable company since 2020 is nil|||
|4) OTHER INCOME|£
|£|
|Other Income|-|-|
|SAFER GREENWICH||||
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|NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS||||
|FOR THE YEAR PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025||||
|FY 2024/25||FY 2023/24||
|Deferred||||
|Income||||
|Movement||||
||FY 2024/25|FY 2023/24||
|5) ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES INCOME £|£|£||
|RESTRICITED FUNDS|-|46,929||
|TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS||-|46,929|
|6) EXPENDITURE|£||£|
|Restricted Funds|500|
27,583||
|TOTAL RESTRICTED FUNDS|500|27,583||
||£||£|
|7) GOVERNANCE & SUPPORT COSTS|-||-|
||£||£|
|8) DEBTORS and PREPAYMENTS|-||-|
## SAFER GREENWICH
## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
## FOR THE YEAR PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
|FOR THE YEAR PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025|FOR THE YEAR PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025|
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|FY 2024/25 FY 2023/24||
|9) CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year £ £||
|Deferred Income
-
|-|
|Other Creditors and Accruals
-|-|
|10) ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS RESTRICTED|10) ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS RESTRICTED|UNRESTRICTED TOTAL|
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||£|£ £|
|Fixed Assets|-|- -|
|Current Assets
|47,106|- 47,106|
|Creditors|-|- -|
||47,106|- 47,106|