Safety Net

What Safety Net does

Safety Net is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales (charity number 1164998), providing free trauma-informed recovery services to adults, children, and young people affected by rape, exploitation, sexual abuse, and domestic abuse across the Cumbria region of the United Kingdom. The organisation operates from a headquarters in Carlisle (1 Fisher Street, CA3 8RR) with three counselling rooms, a play therapy room, and an art room, plus a satellite office in Whitehaven and outreach locations across Cumbria. Service delivery channels include face-to-face sessions, telephone, video, and email support.

The organisation's core product is a four-tiered wrap-around service model: Tier 1 (First Point of Contact/assessment and safety planning), Tier 2 (Trauma-Informed Practitioner Support), Tier 3 (Counselling and Therapy, including creative modalities such as art therapy, play therapy, and sand trays for children aged 3-18), and Tier 4 (Recovery Community Support through befriending, peer-led groups, and volunteering). Adjacent offerings include the 'Your Space' school-based prevention programme delivering Relationships and Sex Education workshops, a commercial training line (on-demand online courses at £65/person, live online sessions, in-house corporate training, and school-specific training), refugee and asylum seeker support with housing projects, pre-trial therapy under CPS guidance, and student placements for trainee therapists and social workers.

Safety Net is funded through a diversified portfolio of grants from UK statutory bodies (NHS North East and North Cumbria, Ministry of Justice, Cumberland Council, Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner), charitable trusts and foundations (Community Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Henry Smith Charity, The Leathersellers Foundation, Masonic Charitable Foundation, and others), and individual donations processed via JustGiving. All therapeutic and survivor-facing services are provided free at the point of delivery; training is the only revenue-generating line. The charity holds BACP organisational membership, The Survivors Trust National Service Standards Certificate (achieved as one of the first nationally), and the One Small Thing Silver Quality Mark for trauma-informed work. In 2024-25 the organisation supported 1,220 referrals, described as the highest annual throughput to date.

Name

Safety Net

Legal name

Safety Net (UK)

Website

https://safetynetuk.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Safety Net is a UK-registered charity (CIO, charity no. 1164998) that delivers free trauma-informed counselling, therapy, and recovery services to adults, children, and young people affected by sexual and domestic abuse across Cumbria, funded primarily through statutory and charitable grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Victim Support and Abuse Recovery Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF), Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH)

Keywords

• Trauma-informed counselling
• Sexual abuse recovery
• Domestic abuse support
• Childhood sexual abuse
• Professional trauma training

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlisle

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Funding and Grants: Safety Net receives funding from a wide range of UK organisations including government bodies, trusts, and foundations. Funders include Community Fund, Copeland Community Fund, Cumberland Council, The Leathersellers Foundation, Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, NHS North East and North Cumbria, Ministry of Justice, Masonic Charitable Foundation, The Henry Smith Charity, Global Make Some Noise, Garfield Weston Foundation, Francis Scott Charitable Trust, Family Wellbeing Transforming West Cumbria, The Edward Gostling Foundation, Cumbria Youth Alliance, and Cumbria Community Foundation.
2. Donations and Fundraising: Individual donations via JustGiving platform, corporate fundraising, challenge events, and community fundraising activities. Monetary donations preferred over physical items to provide flexible support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Safety Net is a Cumbria-based charity that provides free trauma-informed counselling, therapy, and recovery support for adults, children, and young people affected by rape, exploitation, sexual and domestic abuse. Services are delivered through a structured four-tiered model (First Point of Contact, Trauma-Informed Practitioner Support, Counselling and Therapy, and Recovery Community Support) via face-to-face, telephone, video, and email channels. Complementary paid services include trauma-informed training for professionals, schools, and corporate partners, plus the 'Your Space' school prevention programme.

Product overview

Safety Net is a charity providing a comprehensive suite of free trauma-informed support services for survivors of rape, exploitation, sexual and domestic abuse across Cumbria. The core offering is a four-tiered service model (First Point of Contact, Trauma-Informed Practitioner Support, Counselling and Therapy, and Recovery Community Support) serving adults, children, young people, and families. Related services include the 'Your Space' school programme for prevention education, professional training services (face-to-face, on-demand, and in-house), student placements, refugee support with housing projects, and pre-trial therapy. The organization operates primarily across Cumbria with offices in Carlisle and Whitehaven.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Your Space: Sexual and domestic abuse education project delivered in schools across Cumbria, offering 1:1 support, peer group sessions, and workshops on Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) topics.

Products and services

• Tier 1: Trauma Informed Awareness (On-Demand Course)
• School Training
• Refugee Support Services
• In-House Training
• Pre-trial Therapy
• Tier 1: First Point of Contact
• Tier 2: Trauma-Informed Practitioner Support (TIP)
• Tier 3: Counselling and Therapy
• Tier 4: Recovery Community Support
• Your Space (School Programme)
• Training Services
• Tiered Trauma-Informed Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,220 referrals supported in last year (highest-ever)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Rape Crisis England & Wales: National federation of Rape Crisis Centres delivering specialist counselling, advocacy and recovery services for survivors of sexual violence — directly comparable to Safety Net's core Tier 2–3 counselling and therapy offering.
• Women's Aid: UK-wide charity coordinating local services for women and children affected by domestic abuse, including refuge, recovery, and prevention programmes — directly comparable to Safety Net's domestic abuse recovery and Your Space prevention work.
• Refuge: One of the UK's largest specialist providers of domestic abuse support, including helpline, refuge accommodation and recovery services — comparable to Safety Net across direct service delivery, refuge-style housing, and multi-tier trauma support.
• The Survivors Trust: National umbrella body for specialist sexual violence and abuse services, which accredits member organisations to national service standards — Safety Net is itself a member, and the trust's broader member charities are the closest analogue peer set.
• SurvivorsUK: Specialist charity providing therapeutic and support services for male survivors of sexual abuse — directly comparable niche in the same regulatory and clinical accreditation landscape as Safety Net.
• NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): UK charity offering support and recovery resources specifically for adult survivors of childhood abuse — directly comparable to Safety Net's substantial childhood sexual abuse caseload (30% of service users).
• Galop: UK charity providing specialist support for LGBT+ victims of abuse, sexual violence and domestic abuse — comparable to Safety Net on LGBTQ+ aware service delivery and targeted trauma recovery work.

Broad incumbents

• Victim Support: Largest UK charity for victims of crime, providing emotional and practical support across all crime types — a broader incumbent that overlaps with Safety Net on survivor support and pre-trial therapy but at much wider scope.
• Mind: National mental health charity with local Minds delivering counselling and wellbeing services — overlapping with Safety Net on trauma counselling delivery and training, but operating at much broader scope and scale.

Emerging players

• Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre): UK-wide centre developing practice, training and policy on child sexual abuse — comparable to Safety Net's training, school-facing, and child sexual abuse recovery work, though more research/policy focused than service-delivery focused.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/safetynetnorth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/safety-net-uk
• Instagraminstagram.com/safetynet_uk
• TikToktiktok.com/@safetynetuk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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