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Dress for Success Greater London Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1160560LondonPoverty relief
Income£455k2025-03-31
Spending£389ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause86th pctPoverty relief
Registered2015Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dress for Success Greater London Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08938602). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dress for Success Greater London Ltd reported income of £455k and spending of £389k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £226k to £455k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 222%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dress for Success Greater London Ltd sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Here for Good Collective (£455k), Not Beyond Redemption Limited (£455k) and Valley Life Trust (£455k).

Income and spending

£0£130k£259k£389k£518k2021 Income: £225,8952021 Spending: £171,83220212022 Income: £133,1132022 Spending: £254,43420222023 Income: £429,0702023 Spending: £469,66620232024 Income: £498,5022024 Spending: £518,32020242025 Income: £455,2582025 Spending: £389,2022025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

DRESS FOR SUCCESS GREATER LONDON PROMOTES THE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE OF UNEMPLOYED WOMEN BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING, A NETWORK OF SUPPORT AND THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO HELP WOMEN THRIVE IN WORK AND IN LIFE. WHEN A CLIENT HAS AN INTERVIEW TO ATTEND WE PROVIDE HER WITH FREE PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES AND A TAILORED INTERVIEW COACHING SESSION TO PREPARE HER FOR INTERVIEW.

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