RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1031971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides food, furniture, household goods, to people in need. Enables recycling of furniture through a free collection service. The furniture is sold at affordable prices or given away to vulnerable individuals or families.

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Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £126,268 against a stated reserves policy target of £30,000, indicating reserves are above the policy threshold. The charity reported a net income of £61,164 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (47% of income)
“Grants received in total for the period were £153,927” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three month's essential expenditure (held: £126k)
“Currently the Trustees have set a reserves policy equivalent to three month's essential expenditure. This equates to around £30,000.”
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: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£200k£175k
30/09/2024£178k£222k
30/09/2023£220k£162k
30/09/2022£175k£134k
30/09/2021£148k£114k

Common questions

Is RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £126,268 against a stated reserves policy target of £30,000, indicating reserves are above the policy threshold. The charity reported a net income of £61,164 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE OAKDALE TRUST, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2024£20kFresh Start
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2023£10kWALES COL - Raven House Trust Community Support
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2021£8kRHT Aid Referral Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/12/2005£4kSafe Lifting Project
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2004£864Unspecified

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TCL RE USE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED£200k—0above—no doubt
TCL RE USE FY2025£603k—0unclear—no doubt
RAVENSIDE TRUST FY2025£458k—0unclear—no doubt
FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£21.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE RAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt
HASTINGS FURNITURE SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£704k—0unclear—no doubt

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