REFURBS FLINTSHIRE

Registered charity 1093176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of refurbished household items at affordable cost to people on low incomes.Provision of work experience and training opportunities to disadvantaged individuals including long-term unemployed and economically inactive people. Provision of volunteering opportunities. Education about the importance of pursuing a sustainable lifestyle through repair, re-use and recycling.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE IN NEED.(2) TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND COLLECT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF RE-USE AND RECYCLING AND THE REDUCTION OF POLLUTION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT RESULTS FROM THESE ACTIVITIES.(3) TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION.(4) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY IMPROVING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORK PLACEMENT, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

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

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

Registered contact address: Flintshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £93,207 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £930,076. Unrestricted reserves stood at £282,383, which the trustees note is equivalent to 4.6 months of unrestricted expenditure, exceeding their policy target of three months. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04367121 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Refurbs (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund — “Following the exciting announcement of the new Lend & Mend hub opening at Tŷ Pawb, (supported by the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund, R…” (source page)

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.

• TAYLOR, Kenneth Rodney — director, appointed 03/12/2025on trustee list
• READER, Nigel Frederick — director, appointed 24/11/2020not on trustee list
• MOORE, Stan, Dr — director, appointed 26/03/2019on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/03/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £113k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 12.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Stan Moore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Wright · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kenneth Rodney Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Frederick Reader CBE · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 FURNITURE RECYCLING PROJECT.

• FURNITURE RECYCLING PROJECT income £532k
• DONCASTER REFURNISH income £1.7m
• REFURNISH DEVON income £1.2m
• RERUN FURNITURE SERVICE LTD income £97k
• CAMBRIDGE RE-USE income £180k
• KENNET FURNITURE REFURBIZ income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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