SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)

Registered charity 1184501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN (SAWN)

Our activities include Offering a culturally appropriate space for womenOne to one support for women in crisis,Female Genital Survivor's group therapy. Volunteering and retail experience at the Furniture Mill,training for communities and professionals to become more culturally competent,supporting women to get back into work through job preparedness sessions and one to one enterprenual skills.

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

Latest income
£697k
Latest spending
£534k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating surplus of £164,116 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £696,781 against total expenditure of £532,665. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a stable financial position with unrestricted funds of £158,174 and total net assets of £650,014, supported by robust budgetary controls.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£697k
Total spending
£534k
Reserves (reported)
£25k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£697k£534k
31/03/2024£471k£407k
31/03/2023£590k£333k
31/03/2022£398k£348k
31/03/2021£292k£191k

Common questions

Is SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating surplus of £164,116 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £696,781 against total expenditure of £532,665. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a stable financial position with unrestricted funds of £158,174 and total net assets of £650,014, supported by robust budgetary controls. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) as a grant recipient include SMALLWOOD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£8k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust23/07/2026£30kA grant to Support and Action for Women's Network (SAWN)
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2025£207kMsaada Dada (Sister Support in Swahili)
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2022£10kAgatha's Space
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2022£154kSisters of SAWN Covid-19 Recovery Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2020£49kHeads Up !
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2018£10kSAWN Community Money Matters Champions
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2016£10kButterfly Wellbeing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2014£10kVoiceless Prisoners
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2012£10kProject Budding
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2010£8kCultural Exposure and Recreation

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Women's Association For Networking and Development.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)£697k—0unclear—no doubt
Women's Association For Networking and Development FY2025£159k—0within—no doubt
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2025£803k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMANKIND FY2025£749k—1above—no doubt
THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON FY2025£474k£0 - £43,0000unclear—no doubt
WONDERFULLY MADE WOMAN FY2024£231k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.