THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1015519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIT, FREDERICK PARKER COLLECTION, FURNISHING INDUSTRY TRUST, FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, THE FURNITURE MAKERS COMPANY, THE FURNISHING INDUSTRY’S CHARITY, THE FURNITURE MAKERS' COMPANY

Promote, encourage and foster the craft and industry of furnishing and furniture and its ancilliary activities in the United Kingdom,Advance education in the industry.Relieve financial hardship of present and past employees of the Industry, their families, relatives and dependants.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£829k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounts for the charity. It consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and dates, with no substantive content regarding financial health, reserves, or operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Furniture Makers Company (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£829k

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£373k

Reserves (reported)

£5.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~55.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Heinrich Sigismund von der Heydechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Amanda Jane Waring · trustee of 1 other charity
Benedict Burbidge
Charles Vernon · trustee of 1 other charity
Hugh Charles Garforth-Bles
hayden davies · trustee of 1 other charity
jonathan Hindle

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£829k	£1.2m
30/04/2024	£707k	£1.2m
30/04/2023	£669k	£1.3m
30/04/2022	£793k	£949k
30/04/2021	£410k	£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounts for the charity. It consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and dates, with no substantive content regarding financial health, reserves, or operations.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WYFOLD CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE WYFOLD CHARITABLE TRUST income £422k
SIERRA LEONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION TRUST (UK) SLGSOBA income £144k
BROOKLANDS MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £5.7m
THE LENNOX HANNAY CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.2m
HAROLD HILL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £177k
BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST income £263k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION	£829k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WYFOLD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£422k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIERRA LEONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION TRUST (UK) SLGSOBA FY2024	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROOKLANDS MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£5.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LENNOX HANNAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAROLD HILL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024	£177k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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