THE GIRLS' NETWORK

Registered charity 1156517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TGN

Mentoring for girls from low-income communities, networking events and workshops.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS YOUNG WOMEN IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MAKING FACILITIES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THE PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED) AIM OF HELPING THEM WIN PLACES AT UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£974k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £775,327 at 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds standing at £347,895. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold three to six months of expenditure, and the designated minimum reserve is set at £272,000 to cover salaries and overheads for a three-month period. The auditor confirmed that the charity 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

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024: Nil).” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee had employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024: Nil).” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months reserves (held: £348k)

“The charity’s current reserves policy is to maintain three to six months reserves to ensure business continuity in the event of unforeseen circumstances.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 1,345
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 677

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 840

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Girls' Network (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Christine Knight — Director of Operations and Finance (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.

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

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£974k

Reserves (reported)

£272k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amy Whittallchair
HANNAH ESSEX
Helen Fleming
Josie Tree
Lauren McCIuskey
Michelle Rodrigues
Mousumi Kanjilal Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.3m	£974k
31/08/2024	£901k	£910k
31/08/2023	£1.2m	£1.5m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£808k
31/03/2021	£978k	£671k

Common questions

Is THE GIRLS' NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £775,327 at 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds standing at £347,895. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold three to six months of expenditure, and the designated minimum reserve is set at £272,000 to cover salaries and overheads for a three-month period. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE GIRLS' NETWORK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE GIRLS' NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GIRLS' NETWORK as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE MILLBY FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£200k	Youth
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£150k	Employability
THE MILLBY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£135k
THE MILLBY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£135k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2022	£30k	Core Funding
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2024	£15k	Mentoring programme, Unlock the Future
Impact London Collective	FY2025	£13k	Special Fund
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	Salary costs of Merseyside Network Manager.
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Salary costs of Merseyside Network Manager.
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Education/Relief
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	FY2022	£10k	Education
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£9k	Network Manager posts and IT services
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2022	£5k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	Mentoring programme for girls
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Grant funding of activities
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Education and Training
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2026	£5k	Mentoring programme for girls
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2021	£5k
ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	Unverified read£4k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
J S F POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£3k	Children and Youth
J S F POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£3k	Children and Youth
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2021	£2k	Education and Training
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Education and Training
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust	FY2025	£700	Employee charitable collections

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	30/01/2025	£10k	Grant to The Girls' Network
UK government	03/07/2020	£67k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2016	£752k	WGI Stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/11/2015	£3k	WGI Stage 2

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
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATION	1	£303k
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION	1	£125k
FOUX FOUNDATION	1	£108k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£101k
AKO FOUNDATION	1	£101k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£95k
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£70k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AUTISTIC GIRLS NETWORK.

AUTISTIC GIRLS NETWORK income £398k
WOMEN AND GIRLS NETWORK income £7.3m
GIRLS ARE INVESTORS income £1.5m
THE NEW GIRLS SCHOOL income £1.9m
THE KIDS NETWORK income £829k
INSPIRING GIRLS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED income £863k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GIRLS' NETWORK	£1.3m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
AUTISTIC GIRLS NETWORK FY2025	£398k	Under £60,000	0	above	—	no doubt
WOMEN AND GIRLS NETWORK FY2025	£7.3m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
GIRLS ARE INVESTORS FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEW GIRLS SCHOOL FY2025	£1.9m	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	noted
THE KIDS NETWORK FY2025	£829k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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