SMART WORKS READING

Registered charity 1164723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SMART WORKS READING IS A UK CHARITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON HELPING OUT-OF-WORK WOMEN ON LOW INCOMES GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. WE PROVIDE INTERVIEW COACHING, HIGH QUALITY INTERVIEW CLOTHES AND STYLING ADVICE. WE HELP WOMEN TO FEEL CONFIDENT, LOOK FABULOUS, SUCCEED AT THEIR JOB INTERVIEW AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £17,251 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £244,538 and total expenditure of £227,287. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £83,350, which meets its stated policy target of maintaining 3 to 6 months of annual expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Smart Works Reading (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bobbi Brown Cosmetics — “Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has generously supported us for over eleven years. The iconic brand shares our mission to empower women. Each year, th…” (source page)
• Bank of America — “Bank of America is supporting our Career Coaching programme with significant funding and added employee volunteering and engagement.” (source page)
• The Telegraph — “The Telegraph joined us as media partner in 2018. Together, we have collaborated on five Smart Works Fashion Sales and an online auction in …” (source page)
• Square UK — “Our journey together began in 2022, when we partnered with Clearpay, and now Square UK (both part of Block) are joining us on our mission.” (source page)
• Bicester Village — “Bicester Village has selected Smart Works as one of its charity partners as part of the DO GOOD Programme supporting the empowerment of wome…” (source page)
• AJ Bell Futures Foundation — “Together, the partnership between the AJ Bell Futures Foundation and Smart Works has excelled in delivering the desired outcomes of cohesion…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Louise Verrier Jones
• Melanie Prater
• Padmavathi Knowles
• Rachel Bradley

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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