DORSET RECLAIM

Registered charity 1076996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dorset Reclaim operates across Dorset & western Hampshire as a furniture re-use project, collecting surplus electrical appliances, household items and furniture from local people and businesses.Our aims are to supply good quality items at low cost, provide a range of volunteering and training opportunities and to reduce the amount going to landfill by service provision and education.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS;TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF PEOPLE BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER AND TO TRAIN SO AS TO DEVELOP WORK SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS, GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTEGRATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET AND POOLE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,192 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £319,592 to £304,400. The trustees note concerns over the continual rise in operating costs and the challenge of sourcing second-hand goods, but confirm the charity remains viable and continues to provide services to the community.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03780618 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• GAME, Stephen — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
• TOVEY, Raymond John — director, appointed 09/12/2019not on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Edward James — director, appointed 04/06/2007on trustee list
• HARTLAND, Michael — director, appointed 24/11/2003on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Joanna — secretary, appointed 04/06/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• RAY TOVEYchair
• EDWARD TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL HARTLAND
• Stephen Game
• Tony Erwood

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Hampshire · Poole

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• DORSET COMMUNITY ACTION income £666k
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE DORSET income £422k
• KENNET FURNITURE REFURBIZ income £1.2m
• TCL RE USE income £603k
• THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £1.0m
• REFURNISH DEVON income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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