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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE NEED, ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY (THE BENEFICIARIES) GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR BY(A) PROVIDING SOCIAL WORK SERVICES(B) PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH THE BENEFICIARIES GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR BY DEVELOPING A MODEL OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH THE BENEFICIARIES(C) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN WORKING WITH THE BENEFICIARIES

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

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

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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Bridget Ng'andu
• Catherine Lane
• Dr LAUREN ELIZABETH WROE
• Kathleen Whitehead
• Kris Stewart
• Mary Gwendolen Abraham

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MISSION WITHOUT BORDERS.

• MISSION WITHOUT BORDERS income £3.4m
• THE VOICE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS income £125k
• BENGALI WORKERS ASSOCIATION income £171k
• JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS income £1.5m
• SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY income £2.3m
• ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS UK income £808k

Side by side with its peers

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