DRESS FOR SUCCESS GREATER LONDON LTD

Charity Number: 1160560
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

DRESS FOR SUCCESS GREATER LONDON PROMOTES THE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE OF UNEMPLOYED WOMEN BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING, A NETWORK OF SUPPORT AND THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO HELP WOMEN THRIVE IN WORK AND IN LIFE. WHEN A CLIENT HAS AN INTERVIEW TO ATTEND WE PROVIDE HER WITH FREE PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES AND A TAILORED INTERVIEW COACHING SESSION TO PREPARE HER FOR INTERVIEW.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £498,502
Total expenditure: £518,320

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Camden
  • City Of London
  • City Of Westminster
  • Croydon
  • Essex
  • Hackney
  • Hammersmith And Fulham
  • Islington
  • Kensington And Chelsea
  • Tower Hamlets

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 February 2015: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • DFS GREATER LONDON (Working name)
  • DRESS FOR SUCCESS GREATER LONDON (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Juanita Ingram Esq. Chair 04 August 2014
None on record
Alexis Maule Trustee 23 December 2024
None on record
Debra Duncan Trustee 01 August 2024
MARYMOUNT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Received: On time
Vedrana Pehar Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Mary Waring Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Clair McCarthy Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Rhiannon Aisling Dodson-Edwards Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Barry Raymond Hancock Trustee 21 July 2021
None on record
Tyler Harnish Trustee 01 November 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £217.85k £225.90k £133.11k £429.07k £498.50k
Total expenditure £188.59k £171.83k £254.43k £469.67k £518.32k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024

(These accounts
have been qualified)

29 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 14 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 14 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 23 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 23 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 23 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 23 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 28 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020

(These accounts
have been qualified)

28 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Contact information

Address:
Dress for Success Greater London
Albany House
94-98 Petty France
SW1H 9EA
Phone:
02037737279