SMART WORKS CHARITY

1. SMART WORKS CHARITY 2013-08-27 → present
2. DRESS FOR SUCCESS LONDON 2010-03-16 → 2013-08-27
3. DRESS FOR SUCCESS (LONDON) 1999-11-03 → 2010-03-16

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Gravita Audit Oxford LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Management have carried out an assessment and concluded that there are no material uncertainties to disclose. Consequently, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees believe that the forecast results and good level of cash flow of the charity together with the measures taken to date will enable the charity to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. SMART WORKS CHARITY · parent
   1. Smart Works Birmingham 100%
   2. Smart Works Leeds 100%
   3. Smart Works Greater Manchester 100%
   4. Smart Works Newcastle 100%
   5. Smart Works Reading 100%
   6. Smart Works Scotland 67% · Scottish Charitable Incorporate Organisation
   7. Smart Works Trading 100%
   8. Smart Works Bristol 100%

Significant events

• “Completed a three-year plan, reaching target of 10,000 women per year and enhancing service delivery, supporting 10,683 unique beneficiaries.”
• “Launched new five-year plan in 2025 focusing on expanding physical and virtual presence, improving client understanding, and evolving career coaching.”
• “Experienced significant leadership changes with the departure of a long-term CEO and appointment of a new CEO (Anna Hemmings in January 2025), Director of People, and Director of Communications.”
• “Opened the newest Smart Works centre in Bristol, offering in-person service in the South-West for the first time.”
• “Launched a new group-wide Equity, Diversity & Inclusion strategy in June 2023, with initiatives like staff training and a Client Champion programme.”
• “Launched a major donor programme in November and a new walking challenge 'Step up for Smart Works' in March.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +22.5%

  £3,858,585 → £4,727,852

• Cash

  -8.8%

  £2,305,113 → £2,102,847

• Net assets

  -11.1%

  £2,643,795 → £2,350,718

• Employees

  +11.1%

  72 → 80

• Wages

  +22%

  £2,134,157 → £2,604,689

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers