NOW! CHARITY GROUP LTD

Registered charity 1048093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FURNITURE NOW

Now! is a community-led charity. Our flagship household services reduce waste and carbon footprint via reusing and recycling hundreds of tonnes of household items. Whilst our social inclusion activities maximise our social impact through multiple 'Projects for Good'. These are local support initiatives which are driven to achieve transformation for people at risk of exclusion.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £165,184 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a 22% reduction in trading income and a lack of grant income. Despite this, unrestricted reserves remain at £182,395, although the independent examiner has identified a material uncertainty regarding financial sustainability due to post-year-end cashflow challenges.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03077894

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TOLHURST, Andrew Martin — director, appointed 17/12/2025on trustee list
• GRANT, Matthew — director, appointed 24/07/2024on trustee list
• CARTER, David Michael — director, appointed 21/06/2021on trustee list
• CUTRESS, Caroline Charlotte — director, appointed 11/09/2019on trustee list
• WHINES, Neil Andrew — director, appointed 11/09/2019on trustee list
• SIMS, Gordon Victor — director, appointed 23/03/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gordon Simschair
• Andrew Martin Tolhurst
• Caroline Cutress
• David Carter
• Matthew Grant
• Neil Andrew Whines
• Sarah Hinks

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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).