ESSENTIAL NEEDS

Registered charity 1108046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide furniture and household items to people on low incomes and state benefits for a modest charge.To protect and preserve the environment for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation), the re-use and recycling of goods and their component parts and materials as a means of waste reduction.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN HARROGATE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.2. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION), THE RE-USE AND RE-CYCLING OF GOODS AND THEIR COMPONENT PARTS AND MATERIALS AS A MEANS OF WASTE REDUCTION.

Area of benefit: NORTH YORKSHIRE

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 small surplus of £205 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £130,170. The trustees consider the ongoing trading position secure and confirmed there are 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• North Yorkshire Council — “We are also grateful for the support we receive from North Yorkshire Council.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN HOLEY
• Francis McAllister
• John Ennis
• Joy Rosemary Allan
• Lloyd Anthony Campbell
• Lucy Mary Francis Hind
• Peter George Rogers
• Susan Ann Donnelly

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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