Smart Works North East

Registered charity 1176547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SMART WORKS NEWCASTLE

SMART WORKS IS A UK CHARITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON HELPING OUT-OF-WORK WOMEN ON LOW INCOMES GET INTO or RETURN TO 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: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 45% to £298,888, resulting in a net income surplus of £35,662 for the year. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £122,617, which the trustees confirm meets their policy requirement of covering 3 to 6 months of annual expenditure. The independent examiner reported no matters causing concern regarding the financial statements or accounting records.

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 North East (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)
• Accenture — “Accenture has supported Smart Works North East for 3 consecutive years and throughout this partnership has provided funding, volunteering an…” (source page)
• Barbour — “Barbour support Smart Works North East with funding, clothing donations, volunteering hours and for the last 3 years we have supported 11 cl…” (source page)
• Newcastle Building Society — “Newcastle Building Society have supported us with funding and volunteering and are always on hand when we need ad-hoc support.” (source page)
• Sigma Simple Life — “We are now in the third year of partnering with Sigma Simple Life. We have received support both - financially and providing wellbeing platf…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sophie Clare Millikenchair
• Carol Meredith · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lisa Bell
• Lisa Graveling
• Maxine Fox

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

Operates in: Durham · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

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).