REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 08938602 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1160560

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

FOR

Dress For Success Greater London Ltd

Page

Report of the Trustees

1

Independent Examiner's Report

2

Statement of Financial Activities

3

Balance Sheet

4

Notes to the Financial Statements

5

to

8

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

Charitable activities

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

08938602 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1160560

Registered office

Tower 42 30th Floor

25 Old Broad Street

London

EC2N 1HQ

Trustees

Ms M C Gratzer-Marshall Insurance Executive (resigned 16.12.24)

Mr T Harnish Vice President, Salesforce.com

Ms J R Ingram Lawyer

Ms J Schneider Business Owner (resigned 15.7.24)

Mr B R Hancock Retired

Mr R A Dodson-Edwards Marketing Specialist (appointed 1.8.24)

Ms D Duncan Head Of Digital Marketing (appointed 1.8.24)

Mrs M P Waring Chartered Financial Planner (appointed 1.8.24)

Ms V Pehar Barrister (appointed 1.8.24)

Ms A C Maule Managing Director (appointed 19.12.24)

Ms C V Mccarthy Entrepreneur (appointed 1.8.24) (resigned 11.7.25)

Independent Examiner

Mark Blackwell

MHR Consultancy Limited

Ferneberga House

Alexandra Road

Farnborough

Hampshire

GU14 6DQ

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 6 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Ms J R Ingram - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Dress For Success Greater London Ltd ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

1.	accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

2.	the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3.	the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

4.

the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mark Blackwell

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

MHR Consultancy Limited

Ferneberga House

Alexandra Road

Farnborough

Hampshire

GU14 6DQ

7 December 2025

31.3.25

31.3.24

Unrestricted

Total

fund

funds

Notes

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

455,258

498,501

EXPENDITURE ON

Raising funds

1,707

12,750

Charitable activities

General

396,495

505,569

Total

398,202

518,319

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

57,056

(19,818

)

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

175,816

195,634

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

232,872

175,816

31.3.25

31.3.24

Unrestricted

Total

fund

funds

Notes

£

£

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

6

31,659

28,650

Cash at bank

306,736

169,528

338,395

198,178

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

7

(55,523

)

(22,362

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

282,872

175,816

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

282,872

175,816

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

8

(50,000

)

-

NET ASSETS

232,872

175,816

FUNDS

9

Unrestricted funds

232,872

175,816

TOTAL FUNDS

232,872

175,816

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 6 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Ms J R Ingram - Trustee

Mrs M P Waring - Trustee

1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

2.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.

3.	STAFF COSTS

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

31.3.25

31.3.24

Manager

3

-

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

4.	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted

fund

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

498,501

EXPENDITURE ON

Raising funds

12,750

Charitable activities

General

505,569

Total

518,319

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(19,818

)

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

195,634

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

175,816

5.	INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Computer

software

£

COST

At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025

570

AMORTISATION

At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025

570

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 March 2025

-

At 31 March 2024

-

6.	DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Trade debtors

10,360

-

Other debtors

299

-

Prepayments

21,000

28,650

31,659

28,650

7.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Trade creditors

2,980

21,512

Accruals and deferred income

50,000

-

Accrued expenses

2,543

850

55,523

22,362

8.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Accruals and deferred income

50,000

-

9.	MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Net

movement

At

At 1.4.24

in funds

31.3.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

175,816

57,056

232,872

TOTAL FUNDS

175,816

57,056

232,872

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

455,258

(398,202

)

57,056

TOTAL FUNDS

455,258

(398,202

)

57,056

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net

movement

At

At 1.4.23

in funds

31.3.24

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

195,634

(19,818

)

175,816

TOTAL FUNDS

195,634

(19,818

)

175,816

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

498,501

(518,319

)

(19,818

)

TOTAL FUNDS

498,501

(518,319

)

(19,818

)

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net

movement

At

At 1.4.23

in funds

31.3.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

195,634

37,238

232,872

TOTAL FUNDS

195,634

37,238

232,872

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

953,759

(916,521

)

37,238

TOTAL FUNDS

953,759

(916,521

)

37,238

10.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.