Stay Safe East

What Stay Safe East does

Stay Safe East is a user-led Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Charity No. 1153615) founded in 2010 in London by Disability Action Waltham Forest, established as an independent CIO in 2013, and currently operating Pan-London. The organization is run by and for disabled people, with approximately 20 staff (predominantly part-time and largely disabled), delivering specialist advocacy and trauma-informed support to Deaf and disabled survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, harassment, and other forms of abuse across all London boroughs.

Its core service portfolio comprises an advocacy service (covering domestic and sexual violence support, hate crime support, and incident reporting), a proprietary Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment tool designed for disabled survivors to complement the national DASH framework, a third-party hate crime reporting site, Easy Read and accessible-format information resources, and a Training and Consultancy programme delivered to voluntary and statutory organisations including police, local authorities, and social housing landlords. Service delivery channels include telephone, SMS, email, in-person meetings, and home visits, with BSL and spoken-language interpreter provision.

The business model is grant-funded and non-commercial. Revenue derives from trust and foundation grants (Three Guineas Trust, Trust for London, London Community Response Fund), central and London government grants (MOPAC, Home Office, Ministry of Justice), supplemented by training and consultancy fees and individual donations (including recurring monthly giving). Services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries. The organization has no disclosed parent company, no investor backing, and no commercial revenue streams, operating as an autonomous charity.

Name

Stay Safe East

Legal name

Stay Safe East

Website

https://staysafe-east.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Advocacy and Support Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAD

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAG

Disability Services & Independent Living Support

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

Keywords

• Disability advocacy services
• Domestic abuse support
• Hate crime reporting
• Survivor advocacy
• Trauma-informed support

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Stay Safe East is funded by Three Guineas Trust, Trust for London, London Community Response Fund, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Justice.
2. Training and Consultancy Income: Revenue generated through contracts and other income from training, consultancy and donations.
3. Donations: Individual donations including subscription payment options (e.g., monthly recurring donations).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stay Safe East provides specialist advocacy and practical support to Deaf and disabled survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, harassment and other forms of abuse across London. The organisation is run by and for disabled people, offering trauma-informed, person-centred services including anonymous incident reporting, a specialist Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment for disabled survivors, hate crime advocacy, and support accessing justice and recovery. It also delivers paid training and consultancy to voluntary and statutory organisations on working with disabled victims, tackling hate crime, disability equality, and accessible event organisation.

Product overview

Stay Safe East is a user-led charitable organisation run by and for disabled people, providing a portfolio of specialist support services to disabled survivors of abuse, violence, and hate crime in London. The core offering consists of advocacy services (Stay Safe East Advocacy Service), which includes domestic and sexual violence support, hate crime support, and incident reporting. Supporting services include a specialist Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment tool for disabled survivors, and a Training and Consultancy programme for other organisations. Additional resources include Easy Read information, a downloads library, video content, and policy advocacy work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stay Safe East Advocacy Service
• Domestic and Sexual Violence Support
• Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment for Disabled Survivors
• Hate Crime Support
• Incident Reporting Service
• Training and Consultancy Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Disabled people are 3 times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled people
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Disability and Domestic Abuse Advisory GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Set up in July 2019, meets monthly. Group includes policymakers, frontline workers, academics and survivors bringing expertise to discuss violence against Deaf and disabled people.
• London Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations Hate Crime PartnershipmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership of DDPOs responding to Online Harms White Paper and hate crime issues affecting disabled Londoners.
• London Victims and Witnesses Service (LVWS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Led by Victim Support, Stay Safe East became a partner in LVWS in 2018, extending services across London.
• Ascent PluscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Led by Solace, Stay Safe East became a partner in Ascent Plus in 2018, extending specialist advocacy services across London.
• CATCH PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLondon-wide alliance of key organisations working on hate crime, led by GALOP. Stay Safe East provides support for disabled victim-survivors of hate crime as part of this partnership, ensuring no survivor is left without support and that disabled people are heard, believed, and protected.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Refuge: UK's largest domestic abuse charity providing refuges, advocacy and outreach. Refuge overlaps with Stay Safe East on domestic abuse advocacy but lacks Stay Safe East's specialist disability focus and user-led DPO model.
• Women's Aid: Federated national charity supporting survivors of domestic abuse across the UK. Comparable in providing direct advocacy services and policy work, but generalist rather than disability-specialist.
• Disability Rights UK: National DPO led by disabled people, focused on rights, policy, and systemic change. Comparable as a DPO with policy advocacy, but less focused on direct abuse-victim service delivery than Stay Safe East.
• Victim Support: UK-wide charity supporting victims of crime, leading LVWS in which Stay Safe East is a pan-London partner. Comparable as a generalist victim advocacy provider, but lacks Stay Safe East's disability-specific expertise and user-led model.
• Mencap: Large UK charity supporting people with learning disabilities. Comparable in serving the disability population and providing advocacy, but not specifically focused on abuse/VAWG services.

Direct peers

• SignHealth: UK charity focused on Deaf people's health and wellbeing, including domestic abuse services for Deaf women. Closely comparable as a disability-led specialist provider in the abuse-support space, though narrower in focusing on Deaf communities rather than all disabled people.
• Solace Women's Aid: London specialist domestic abuse charity leading Ascent Plus, in which Stay Safe East is a partner. Comparable in delivering London-based domestic and sexual violence advocacy services to women, with overlapping referral pathways.
• Respond: UK charity supporting people with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse or trauma. Directly comparable as a specialist disability-and-abuse provider with therapeutic, advocacy, and training services, although not user-led in the same DPO sense.
• Galop: UK LGBT+ anti-abuse charity leading the CATCH partnership, in which Stay Safe East is a partner. Comparable in providing hate crime and abuse advocacy for a marginalised community, and operationally linked through the London hate crime ecosystem.

Others

• Hate Crime - True Vision: Police-affiliated third-party hate crime reporting portal serving as an alternative reporting channel. Comparable to Stay Safe East's third-party reporting service, but is a police facility rather than a DPO.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StaySafeEast
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stay-safe-east

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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