WORKING WELL TRUST

Registered charity 1011120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORKING WELL

To provide employment and training opportunities for people with long term mental health support needs. We operate three vocational training projects set within social enterprises. We offer IPS employment support, standard employment support, in work retention support, business advice and career progression advice.

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Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £218,772 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward rising to £309,184. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £299,837, which they consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The organization maintains positive cash flow and has confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £300k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Working Well Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Enfield · Hackney · Kingston Upon Thames · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.4m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.3m

Common questions

Is WORKING WELL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £218,772 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward rising to £309,184. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £299,837, which they consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The organization maintains positive cash flow and has confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

Who funds WORKING WELL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORKING WELL TRUST as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2022£70kBetter work
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£12kEmployment Support

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2025£19kUpskill 55 and UP
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2023£10kCommunity Access
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2018£10kRework Welcome Mentors
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2016£463kREWork And Retention (REWARd) Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2015£9kWoRking well trust IT suitE service (e-WRITE) Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2005£5kEthnic Minorities Sewing Enterprise
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2005£215kNexus - Bangladeshi community with mental health issues (Dev)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORKING WELL TRUST£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—noted
BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED FY2025£2.6m—2above—no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt
MISSION EMPLOYABLE FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
MIND OF THE STUDENT FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.