LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE CIO

Registered charity 1061705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS AND MOORTOWN FURNITURE STORE LIMITED

The distribution of donated furniture to socially & economically dis-advantaged people in a non-discriminatory way. To work in partnership with other statutory, charitable & voluntary agencies.

Objects

1) RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE CLIENTS OF STATUTORY OR VOLUNTARY BODIES IN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS, THE WORK OF WHICH IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELIEF OF THE POOR, THE AGED, THE DISABLED OR THE INFIRM, OR OF SUCH OTHER PERSONS IN NEED, BY THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, RENOVATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DONATED FURNITURE TO SUCH PERSONS OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.2) THE PROMOTION, DIRECTLY, OF THE MORE EFFICIENT WORKINGS OF CHARITIES IN LEEDS AND TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO DONATE FURNITURE TO BE USED AS PER THE OBJECTS AND THEREBY DEVELOP THE USE OF MORE SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Area of benefit: LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £373,094 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £604,598. This financial position was significantly strengthened by the sale of the charity's owned warehouse, which provided a large sum of cash held in deposit accounts. The trustees report that the charity now has stability, healthier reserves, and a clearer structure following significant operational changes and leadership transitions.

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

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store (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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gareth James Davieschair
• Ian Rodney Russell
• Michael Stoodley
• Nicolas Taylor
• Steven Olijnyk

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD.

• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD income £687k
• THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE income £163k
• FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED income £21.7m
• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (SELBY) LIMITED income £279k
• GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT income £240k
• EMMAUS STAFFORDSHIRE income £560k

Side by side with its peers

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