TOOGOODTOWASTE LIMITED

Registered charity 1064588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOOGOODTOWASTE, VALLEYS FURNITURE RECYCLING LTD

The charity exists to assist with the relief of poverty:1. Providing access to affordable household items.2. Reducing waste to landfill through recycling of items that would otherwise be thrown away and by advancing more sustainable waste management practices.3. Through training and work based learning.Community regeneration through waste minimisation

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

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £135,337 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,038,234. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming for a working capital reserve of £300,000, representing three months' expenditure, and have designated funds for closure costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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: Charitable activities (86% of income)
“Income from Charitable Activities Income generated through our charity showrooms from the sales of electrical, furniture and other household items was £1,376,034.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland Audit Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £170k. 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 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£297k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.5m
31/12/2024£1.2m£1.3m
31/12/2023£1.2m£1.3m
31/12/2022£1.3m£1.4m
31/12/2021£1.2m£1.3m

Common questions

Is TOOGOODTOWASTE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £135,337 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,038,234. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming for a working capital reserve of £300,000, representing three months' expenditure, and have designated funds for closure costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland Audit Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£4kChristmas Volunteering Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2011£769kCommunity Regeneration Through Waste Minimisation is Toogoodtowaste
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2010£26kCommunity Regeneration Through Waste Minimisation is Toogoodtowaste
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2009£3ktoogoodtowaste ICT work-based learning
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2005£5kUnspecified

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOMEMAKERS COMMUNITY RECYCLING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TOOGOODTOWASTE LIMITED£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
HOMEMAKERS COMMUNITY RECYCLING FY2025£371k—0unclear—no doubt
HIMAT TANNA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY WELFARE SERVICES FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION FY2025£335k——unclear—no doubt

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