WORKING CHANCE LTD

Registered charity 1131802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Working Chance helps women with convictions to develop the confidence, skills and self-belief they need to overcome any barriers to their employment, find jobs and build careers. The charity also works to educate and inspire employers to embrace inclusive hiring.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£960k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £57,838 for the year, with total reserves increasing to £888,476. The trustees confirm that the balance sheet remains healthy with the majority of reserves held in liquid cash assets, and they have assessed 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

Largest income source: Grants (82% of income)

“Grant income remains our primary source of income at 82% (2024: 75%) of total income” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 11.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“We also spent 11% of total spend on fundraising (£110k) compared to 11% last year.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of expenditure (held: £610k)

“Trustees agreed that the level of free reserves should be reduced from a minimum of £742k (equivalent to nine months of expenditure) to £554k (equivalent to six months of expenditure).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees are employed by organisations that have worked with or funded the charity, but have no financial interest.

“Some Trustees of Working Chance are also employed by organisations that have worked with or funded the charity. The Trustees have no financial interest in these transactions.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Lin Hinnigan — Chair (source)

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).

The Big Yellow Foundation — “The Big Yellow Foundation has been incredibly generous, supporting Working Chance with funding of £77,500 over the first two years of our pa…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£960k

Cost of raising funds

£110k

Reserves (reported)

£610k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lin Hinniganchair
Aikaterini Liapis
Alexandra Talcer
Ami Jenick
Joanna Dennis
Katherine Hamilton
Kimberley Rowell
Olivia Gillan · trustee of 2 other charities
Renata Graver

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.0m	£960k
31/08/2024	£907k	£867k
31/08/2023	£629k	£829k
31/08/2022	£896k	£933k
31/08/2021	£856k	£845k

Common questions

Is WORKING CHANCE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £57,838 for the year, with total reserves increasing to £888,476. The trustees confirm that the balance sheet remains healthy with the majority of reserves held in liquid cash assets, and they have assessed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds WORKING CHANCE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORKING CHANCE LTD as a grant recipient include THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE FOUNDATION, FONDATION CHANEL, SMALLWOOD TRUST, THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£100k
COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£60k	Pilot project for women with convictions
FONDATION CHANEL	FY2023	£57k
SMALLWOOD TRUST	FY2021	£48k
THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION	FY2025	£48k	General grant
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2024	£44k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£40k	15,000
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2021	£40k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2022	£40k
THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k	General grant
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2024	£30k	Helping women with convictions
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£25k	Work helping women with convictions
COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£21k	CT UK Social Bond Fund grants
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION	FY2025	£12k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION	FY2024	£12k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	General grant to new charity partner
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	NATIONAL APPEAL
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2024	—
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2022	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
A B Charitable Trust	01/04/2026	£20k	A grant to Working Chance
The Mercers' Company	07/10/2025	£30k	Grant to Working Chance
A B Charitable Trust	24/04/2025	£20k	A grant to Working Chance
A B Charitable Trust	18/04/2024	£15k	A grant to Working Chance
City Bridge Foundation	06/10/2023	£216k	Grant to Working Chance
City Bridge Foundation	20/09/2017	£117k	Grant to Working Chance
City Bridge Foundation	11/11/2010	£109k	Grant to Working Chance
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/03/2010	£479k	Transitions for Women - realising potential through volunteering (Transitio

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED	1	£625k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£620k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£330k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£300k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£251k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION	1	£124k
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION	1	£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY HELP AND NEIGHBOURLY CARE FOR EVERYONE.

COMMUNITY HELP AND NEIGHBOURLY CARE FOR EVERYONE income £100k
CHANCE (UK) LIMITED income £1.7m
SMART WORKS CHARITY income £4.7m
GIFTED WOMEN income £204k
WORKING WELL TRUST income £2.6m
SHEFFIELD WORKING WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT income £373k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WORKING CHANCE LTD	£1.0m	—	—	above	11.0%	no doubt
COMMUNITY HELP AND NEIGHBOURLY CARE FOR EVERYONE FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHANCE (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
SMART WORKS CHARITY FY2025	£4.7m	£110,000 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt
GIFTED WOMEN FY2025	£204k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WORKING WELL TRUST FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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