SPENCER CONTACT

Registered charity 1070072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN CARE AND CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY

COLLECTION OF DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FOR GIVING TO PEOPLE IN NEED

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Latest income

£207k

Latest spending

£229k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that despite rising costs, the charity has maintained its day-to-day operations and owns its warehouse and vehicles outright, avoiding rental payments. The trustees report that they are budgeting prudently to maintain a viable trading position for the future, with no explicit material uncertainties or going concern risks disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“We are pleased to see that currently there is almost a 50:50 split between income generated by our own fundraising and income kindly donated from external funders.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Steve Pollockchair
Andrew James Hacket
Anthony Robert Attwood
DR ALRICK JEREMIAH SPENCER
Deborah Elizabeth Hackett
Dr RICHARD BARRETT · trustee of 1 other charity
Eric James Lightfoot
Nathan Andrew Scarsbrook
PHILIP STILES
Peter Derrick Burditt
Sonja Suzanne Lightfoot

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£207k	£229k
31/03/2024	£189k	£211k
31/03/2023	£199k	£187k
31/03/2022	£156k	£200k
31/03/2021	£187k	£189k

Common questions

Is SPENCER CONTACT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that despite rising costs, the charity has maintained its day-to-day operations and owns its warehouse and vehicles outright, avoiding rental payments. The trustees report that they are budgeting prudently to maintain a viable trading position for the future, with no explicit material uncertainties or going concern risks disclosed in the provided text.

Who funds SPENCER CONTACT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPENCER CONTACT as a grant recipient include THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY, THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED, DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	FY2024	£10k
NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY	FY2024	£8k
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2026	£5k
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2021	£5k	Provided funding to maintain two vehicles so that the charity could continue to provide furniture for disadvantaged people in Northamptonshire
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Other
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Christian furniture re-use charity operating in Northampton.
NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY	FY2022	£2k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	General Fund Grant
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£2k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£2k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2022	£2k
NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY	FY2023	£2k
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Other

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£118k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£25k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£22k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£15k
THE INMAN CHARITY	1	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SPENCER CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE SPENCER CHARITABLE TRUST income £205k
HOMEMAKERS COMMUNITY RECYCLING income £371k
THE KEN STRADLING COLLECTION income £398k
ENGAGE FURNITURE STORE income £133k
SPALDING GENTLEMEN'S SOCIETY income £719k
GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPENCER CONTACT	£207k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SPENCER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOMEMAKERS COMMUNITY RECYCLING FY2025	£371k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KEN STRADLING COLLECTION FY2024	£398k	—	above	—	no doubt
ENGAGE FURNITURE STORE FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	noted
SPALDING GENTLEMEN'S SOCIETY FY2024	£719k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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