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SOFA

Registered charity 1002980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S O F A, SUPPLIERS OF FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES

Furniture Re-use Project originally set up to relieve hardship by providing low cost furniture and appliances to those in need. Provision of work experience and training for individuals seeking employment. Increasingly important is our environmental role in diverting items from landfill.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£176k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net operating income of £59,465, resulting in total charity funds increasing to £137,568. The trustees report that the financial position has continued to improve, supported by sales and grant funding. The filing confirms the charity is flourishing with no stated material uncertainties regarding its future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £138k)
“The Trustees continue to work towards establishing reserves that will meet six months operating costs, which is the minimum that the Charity Commission recommends.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£241k£176k
31/03/2024£249k£193k
31/03/2023£158k£197k
31/03/2022£168k£200k
31/03/2021£174k£212k

Common questions

Is SOFA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net operating income of £59,465, resulting in total charity funds increasing to £137,568. The trustees report that the financial position has continued to improve, supported by sales and grant funding. The filing confirms the charity is flourishing with no stated material uncertainties regarding its future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2023£134kSOFA Covid Recovery

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£22k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£15k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST1£15k
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST1£10k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION1£7k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST1£6k
THE ARCHER TRUST1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOFA PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOFA£241k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOFA PROJECT FY2025£676k—0below—no doubt
GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT FY2025£240k—0above—no doubt
DONCASTER REFURNISH FY2024£1.7m—0above—no doubt
THE FURNITURE PROJECT FY2025£523k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (SELBY) LIMITED FY2025£279k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.