# SMART WORKS BIRMINGHAM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168264
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 18, 2016
- **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=1168264


## Contact

- **Address:** 321 Bradford Street, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B5 6ET
- **Phone:** 01216438109
- **Email:** birmingham@smartworks.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM 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:** Helping unemployed women to return to the work place by providing a personalised styling session, interview clothes and with interview coaching




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £187941 | £217430 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £185884 | £154165 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £142939 | £123223 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £79967 | £82995 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £85400 | £60136 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Alison Armstrong** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 16, 2021
- Danielle Owens — appointed May 10, 2023
- Denise Myers — appointed Nov. 5, 2025
- Fay Ashwell — appointed May 10, 2023
- Jenna Hyde — appointed Jan. 11, 2025
- Judith Lynne Stewart — appointed Nov. 5, 2025
- Raynee De Zoysa — appointed Dec. 15, 2023