NORTH EAST SEX WORK FORUM

Registered charity 1197243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NESWF

The North East Sex Work Forum is a centre of excellence and good practice underpinned by participatory values, partnership working and inclusivity. We are dedicated to informing policy, improving service development and reducing stigma for people involved in all aspects of the sex industry across the North East and beyond by collaborating with our regional/national partners within this community

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH EAST REGION OF THE UK WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF WORKING IN THE SEX INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT, BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING THOSE INVOLVED IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION, AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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

Registered contact address: Darlington, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total funds of £25,613.10 and incurred total expenses of £24,427.31 during the year, resulting in a net surplus. The charity reports carrying forward £19,331.96 in funds, indicating that its resources were sufficient to meet its liabilities and continue its activities for the reporting period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Big Lottery Awards for all Fund — “We are really proud to announce we have received funding from the Big Lottery Awards for all Fund, which means we can continue our work into…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Alison Jobe
• Laura Margaret McIntyre
• Sarah Maria McManus

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEX EDUCATION FORUM.

• SEX EDUCATION FORUM income £289k
• NORTH SOMERSET LGBT+ FORUM income £31k
• NORTH EAST LADIES DAY income £42k
• GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST income £8.2m
• SEX MATTERS income £1.4m
• POSITIVE EAST income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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