# SMART WORKS CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1080609
- **Other names:** DRESS FOR SUCCESS (LONDON), DRESS FOR SUCCESS LONDON
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 8, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1080609


## Contact

- **Address:** SMART WORKS CHARITY, UNIT 1, CANONBURY YARD, 202-208 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 7BJ
- **Phone:** 0207 2881770
- **Email:** london@smartworks.org.uk
- **Website:** www.smartworks.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4727852 | £5020929 | £2350718 | 80 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3858585 | £4057869 | £2643795 | 72 |
| March 31, 2023 | £3118791 | £3019062 | £2843079 | 57 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2804934 | £1777209 | £2743350 | 40 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1744788 | £1398979 | £1715625 | 27 |



## Trustees

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