SMART WORKS READING

Charity number: 1164723
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

SMART WORKS READING IS A UK CHARITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON HELPING OUT-OF-WORK WOMEN ON LOW INCOMES GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. WE PROVIDE INTERVIEW COACHING, HIGH QUALITY INTERVIEW CLOTHES AND STYLING ADVICE. WE HELP WOMEN TO FEEL CONFIDENT, LOOK FABULOUS, SUCCEED AT THEIR JOB INTERVIEW AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £244,538
Total expenditure: £227,287

People

4 Trustee(s)

100 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Reading
  • Slough
  • West Berkshire
  • Windsor And Maidenhead
  • Wokingham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 December 2015: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
09626510 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investment
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rachel Bradley Trustee 15 May 2024
None on record
Padmavathi Knowles Trustee 10 May 2023
None on record
Melanie Prater Trustee 10 May 2023
None on record
Alexandra Louise Verrier Jones Trustee 29 April 2021
None on record

Financial history

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £155.84k £165.60k £124.40k £160.60k £244.54k
Total expenditure £93.24k £157.96k £174.60k £192.47k £227.29k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £16.36k £11.50k 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 2025 01 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 01 December 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 19 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 19 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 07 December 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 07 December 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 12 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 12 August 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 August 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 30 August 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 JUN 2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/11/2015 as amended on 03 Oct 2019

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN READING IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING WORK-APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AND/OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDING JOB-SEEKING ADVICE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY PROCURE EMPLOYMENT OR AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH BENEFITS MAY BE PROVIDED TO MEN WHERE IT IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, IN THE COURSE OF ADVANCING THE OVERALL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Contact information

Address:
Enterprise House
95 London Street
Reading
RG1 4QA
Phone:
0118 959 4245
Email:
helen.francis@smartworks.org.uk
Website:

https://reading.smartworks.org.uk Open in new window