Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited

Registered charity 1101339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCT & FS, BOLTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT AND FURNITURE SERVICES

Protecting the environment by collecting reusable household goods which would otherwise go to waste in order to assist people experiencing poverty in the UK through the provision of a home furniture and electrical goods service.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£371k
Latest spending
£382k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £11,126 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £192,819 to £181,693. Free reserves stood at £153,437, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover an average of six months of management and administrative expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months management and administrative expenditure (held: £153k)
The charity's reserves policy includes sufficient free reserves to cover an average of six months management and administrative expenditure, together with enough to cover potential redundancy liabilities should unexpectedly the charity have to cease operations. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£371k£382k
31/03/2024£422k£408k
31/03/2023£374k£332k
31/03/2022£334k£298k
31/03/2021£300k£308k

Common questions

Is Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £11,126 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £192,819 to £181,693. Free reserves stood at £153,437, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover an average of six months of management and administrative expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited as a grant recipient include BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2023£17k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2005£5kOffice computer systems

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited£371k0unclearno doubt
COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD FY2025£687k0belowno doubt
COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (SELBY) LIMITED FY2025£279k0belowno doubt
FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED FY2024£21.7munclearno doubt
TURNTABLE FURNITURE FY2025£152k0belowno doubt
GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT FY2025£240k0aboveno doubt

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