spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme

Registered charity 1058584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STEVENAGE FURNITURE RECYCLING SCHEME, STEVENAGE FURNITURE SCHEME

SPRUSE STEVENAGE REUSE SCHEME COLLECTS AND RE-DISTRIBUTES GOOD QUALITY LEGALLY COMPLIANT USED FURNITURE AND ELECTRICAL ITEMS.IT SUPPORTS THOSE ON LOW INCOME AND IN CONDITIONS OF NEED.THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN PURCHASE ITEMS HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE MOST IN NEED.THIS ACTIVITY ENCOURAGES RE-USE & PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING LANDFILL. SPRUSE ALSO OFFERS VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Objects

TO RELIEVE BOTH GENERALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN STEVENAGE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: STEVENAGE BOROUGH

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £115,739.64, with unrestricted reserves standing at £115,449.64. The charity reported a net income surplus of £16,811.28 for the year, funded primarily by charitable activities and donations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Brookschair
• Bernadette Marie Hammick
• Jennifer Ann Wilson
• Philip Durling
• Wendy Jackson

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• TCL RE USE income £603k
• THE RE-USE PARTNERSHIP income £301k
• STAR income £817k
• LIGHTHOUSE FURNITURE PROJECT LIMITED income £740k
• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD income £687k
• SOFA income £241k

Side by side with its peers

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