ROOM FOR WORK

Registered charity 1160957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RFW

Room for Work delivers employability skills courses to the unemployed. The courses equip participants with a range of skills that enable them to find work. Room for Work specialises in assisting skilled and mature workers, especially those who are long-term unemployed. The course is delivered 15 times each year in the Borough of Richmond and other locations in southwest London.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

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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Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £803 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £113,984 and expenditure of £111,477. Free reserves stood at £12,235, which the trustees note equates to only 1.3 months of activity costs but are considered sufficient given the flexible cost base. Cash held at year-end decreased to £13,105 from the previous year's £16,137.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Garth Watkinschair
• Ian Michael Hopper
• Matthew Henry Robert Harris
• Rev DONNA WILLIAMS · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME TO WORK LIMITED.

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Side by side with its peers

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