NWG NETWORK

Registered charity 1125632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NATIONAL WORKING GROUP FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

We are a UK network of practitioners, policy makers and researchers working with children and young people who are at risk, or who have experience of, sexual exploitation, and their families and carers. We offer support and advice; support research and policy development informed by practice; organise practitioners seminars and facilitate the sharing of learning via the internet.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, ENABLE, SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY AND THE RELIEF IN NEED OF SUCH PERSONS AFFECTED IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1. PROVIDING A FORUM FOR PROJECTS OR ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 2. PROVIDING LINKS INTO CURRENT RESEARCH, POLICY AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE FIELD OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND OFFERING OPPORTUNITY FOR EXAMPLES OF GOOD, BAD AND DEVELOPING PRACTICE TO BE SHARED AND DISCUSSED; 3. ENCOURAGING THE COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND AIMING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COORDINATED POLICY AND PRACTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF OR SUFFERING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 4. ENCOURAGING A CHILD CENTRED PRACTICE THAT RECOGNISES AND RESPECTS DIVERSITY; 5. DEVELOPING AN APPROPRIATE SUPPORT NETWORK FOR SERVICES WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF OR EXPERIENCING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 6. ENABLING THE CHARITY TO BE HEARD AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF PROJECTS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 7. ASSISTING IN THE ERADICATION OF THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND MODERN SLAVERY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £235,518 to £172,464 during the year, a decline attributed to a challenging fundraising environment. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of retaining three months of normal expenditure, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Allen, West and Foster Limited. Discloses 4 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Kenyon
• Daniel Newton
• Karen Flanagan
• Karen Woodward
• Nigel Jones
• STEPHEN ROSE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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