HASTINGS FURNITURE SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1003257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HFS reuses furniture and appliances donated by residents in Hastings and Rother, supplying them at affordable rates to people with low incomes through stores in Hastings and Bexhill. We also provide cost-price removals for people with low incomes and a full house clearance service for all residents (chargeable).HFS runs training for local people who are out of work.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS IN EAST SUSSEX AND SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF UNEMPLOYMENT OR LOW INCOME BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES THAT SUCH PERSONS WOULD NOT OTHERWISE NE ABLE TO AFFORD.THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING:= ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING BY PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT THROUGH CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO PROGRESS TO FURTHER EDUCATION, TRAINING OR PAID WORK= PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERING AND WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE= CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS TO OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONSTHE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE REUSE/RECYCLING OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS÷

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE HASTINGS AND ROTHER DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hastings, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £264,516 for the year, driven by a one-off gain from the sale of a property, while core operations excluding this sale showed a deficit. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, holding total funds of £977,168. However, the strategic report notes that rising operational costs and unpredictable funding have tested the charity's financial resilience.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~26.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Bolingbroke
• Jacqueline Everard
• Jake Pieter Alexander
• Mark Paul Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarka Gill

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME FURNITURE SERVICES TRUST.

• HOME FURNITURE SERVICES TRUST income £207k
• HEARTLANDS FURNITURE LIMITED income £30k
• THE FURNITURE HELPLINE income £229k
• RERUN FURNITURE SERVICE LTD income £97k
• FURNICHURCH income £84k
• FURNISTORE IN EAST SURREY LIMITED income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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