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SOCIAL WORKERS WITHOUT BORDERS

Registered charity 1174000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Social Workers Without Borders is a social work charity working for migration justice. We mobilise a network of social workers and social work students to practice in a way that is rights-based, upholding the inherent dignity, worth and humanity of every person. SWWB provide independent social work reports for people impacted by immigration policy.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£139k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £138,872, with unrestricted funds held at £111,449 at the end of the financial year. The trustees have adopted a new reserves policy targeting five months of running costs, estimating a required reserve of £53,077, which is below the current unrestricted balance. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five months’ value of total running costs (held: £111k)
“the board of trustees adopted a new reserves policy based on running costs, with a target to hold free reserves of five months’ value of total running costs. With budgeted running costs of £127,387 for 2025-26, this approach suggests a value of £53,077.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£139k£92k
31/03/2024£125k£56k
31/03/2023£77k£46k
31/03/2022£56k£52k
31/03/2021£65k£36k

Common questions

Is SOCIAL WORKERS WITHOUT BORDERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £138,872, with unrestricted funds held at £111,449 at the end of the financial year. The trustees have adopted a new reserves policy targeting five months of running costs, estimating a required reserve of £53,077, which is below the current unrestricted balance. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOCIAL WORKERS WITHOUT BORDERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOCIAL WORKERS WITHOUT BORDERS as a grant recipient include THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k