Social Workers Without Borders

Analysis

Social Workers Without Borders is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Social Workers Without Borders reported income of £139k and spending of £92k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £65k to £139k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Social Workers Without Borders sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Billericay Foodbank (£139k), Life Abundant Pentecostal Church (£139k) and Burton Pidsea Memorial Hall and Playing Fields (£139k).