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Smart Works Charity

Dress For Success (London), Dress For Success London

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1080609
Status
Registered
Registered
May 8, 2000
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
03870671

Address

Address
Smart Works Charity
Unit 1
Canonbury Yard
202-208 New North Road
London
N1 7BJ

Activities

We help women on low incomes get back to work by dressing them in a complete outfit of smart clothes to wear to their interview and by giving them one-to-one interview training. A professional outfit followed by careful interview preparation transforms our clients' self-confidence and gives them a far greater chance of succeeding.

Objects: The Charity's Objects (The "Objects") Are The Relief Of Financial Hardship And The Relief Of Unemployment For The Public Benefit Through The Promotion Of Economic Independence Among Women 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.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £4,727,852 £5,020,929 £2,350,718 80
March 31, 2024 £3,858,585 £4,057,869 £2,643,795 72
March 31, 2023 £3,118,791 £3,019,062 £2,843,079 57
March 31, 2022 £2,804,934 £1,777,209 £2,743,350 40
March 31, 2021 £1,744,788 £1,398,979 £1,715,625 27

Trustees

Name Appointed
Julietta Dexter (Chair) April 29, 2021
Jane Elizabeth Shepherdson Aug. 5, 2019
Juliet Lia Brown Feb. 11, 2026
Melanie Johanne Prater Nov. 5, 2025
Rachel Atkins Oct. 28, 2021
Ruth Eleanor Redding Feb. 11, 2026
Shen Chen Jan. 10, 2025
Simongnette Maria Theresa Scavazza April 28, 2022
Sophie Amanda Hedley Feb. 11, 2026