SHEFFIELD WORKING WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT

Registered charity 1109759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWWOP

We provide specialist outreach service to an extremely socially isolated and vulnerable group of women - street sex workers. Our aim is to support our clients to look after themselves, access mainstream services and lead normal lives. A contribution to the provision of healthcare is fundamentally at the core of our work. We also support women whilst in Newhall prison and also upon their release.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND PROSTITUTION AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF AND(2) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICTS (AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE WOMEN WHO WORK IN THE SEX INDUSTRY AND AS STREET PROSTITUTES (WORKING WOMEN) THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONGST THE SAID WOMEN.

Area of benefit: CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £188,924 against a policy target of 3-6 months of expenditure, indicating reserves are above the stated minimum threshold. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £22,661 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £211,571.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05413661

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SWWOP (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MATTHEWS, Daisy, Dr — director, appointed 05/01/2026on trustee list
• GRAY, Caroline Holly — director, appointed 17/06/2024on trustee list
• JENNISON, Daniel — director, appointed 04/06/2024on trustee list
• MILLINGTON, Louise Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 17/08/2022on trustee list
• FOSTER, Polly — director, appointed 27/07/2022on trustee list
• BAINS, Anthony — director, appointed 01/07/2020on trustee list
• AWEIMRIN, Lotte Martin — director, appointed 15/04/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Polly Fosterchair
• Anthony Bains
• Caroline Holly Gray
• Daniel Jennison
• Dr Daisy May Matthews
• Dr Louise Elizabeth Millington Dr
• Lotte Aweimrin

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEFFIELD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

• SHEFFIELD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION income £1.8m
• THE HULL LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT income £170k
• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £850k
• THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON income £474k
• SHEFFIELD MIND LTD income £1.1m
• SHEFFIELD CHURCHES' COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY CARE income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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