THE SUIT WORKS

Charity Number: 1170734
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Suit Works is a free service based in the Sheffield City Region to help unemployed people to succeed at interview by building confidence through personal styling. Clients referred to the charity are given formal clothing (which they keep)and a styling session to help them look fantastic, feel confident and perform well. This unique service in the region removes a basic barrier to employment.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £78,830
Total expenditure: £66,506

Total income includes £26,029 from 1 government contract(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

4 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
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Barnsley
  • Doncaster
  • Rotherham
  • Sheffield City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 December 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Janet Harwood Chair 07 February 2017
THE SNOWDROP PROJECT
Received: On time
Victoria Brown Trustee 25 March 2025
None on record
Timothy Jeffery Trustee 22 June 2023
None on record
Samantha Headford Trustee 04 May 2023
ELEMENT SOCIETY
Received: 77 days late
Dr Alexis Foster Trustee 01 April 2021
PATRONS OF ABBEY LANE SCHOOL
Charity reporting is overdue by 323 days
SOUTH YORKSHIRE EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION
Received: On time

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 £60.55k £56.67k £44.83k £56.01k £78.83k
Total expenditure £53.06k £49.66k £53.47k £46.68k £66.51k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £16.67k £16.47k £26.03k
Income from government grants £20.00k £20.12k £7.87k 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 15 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 15 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 13 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 13 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 08 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 08 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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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.

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 14 Dec 2016

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT

Contact information

Address:
4 Carver Street
Carver House
Sheffield
S1 4FS
Phone:
07468464776
Email:
info@thesuitworks.co.uk
Website:

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