Registered charity · Birmingham
Smart Works Birmingham
Smart Works Birmingham is a registered charity (number 1168264) based in Birmingham, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Alison Armstrong since 2021. Latest income £188k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £188k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England
- Linked company
- Smart Works Birmingham
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£188k£217k
- 2024£186k£154k
- 2023£143k£123k
Earlier years
- 2022£80k£83k
- 2021£85k£60k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING WORK-APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AND/OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDING JOB-SEEKING ADVICE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY PROCURE EMPLOYMENT OR AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH BENEFITS MAY BE PROVIDED TO MEN WHERE IT IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, IN THE COURSE OF ADVANCING THE OVERALL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.
Grants received
10 grants · £147,850 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Greggs Foundation · £60,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,990 (2 grants)
- Smallwood Trust · £25,360 (2 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £15,000
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- Postcode Local Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Alison Armstrong Chair since 2021
- Danielle Owens since 2023
- Denise Myers since 2025
- Fay Ashwell since 2023
- Jenna Hyde since 2025
- Judith Lynne Stewart since 2025
- Raynee De Zoysa since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alison Armstrong Chair since 2021
- Danielle Owens since 2023
- Denise Myers since 2025
- Fay Ashwell since 2023
- Jenna Hyde since 2025
- Judith Lynne Stewart since 2025
- Raynee De Zoysa since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168264
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 APR 2016 as amended on 03 Oct 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 10098116 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01216438109 · birmingham@smartworks.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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