FURNISTORE IN EAST SURREY LIMITED

Registered charity 1117615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Collects and distributes pre-owned furniture and appliances to low income households setting up home, or sells them on at affordable prices to raise funds. Thereby reduces volume of bulky waste going to landfill; also supports volunteers, including those wanting to get back to work.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN EAST SURREY BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION OF GOOD QUALITY PRE-OWNED AND OTHER FURNITURE, APPLIANCES AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY MEANS OF REDUCING THE VOLUME OF FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS DISPOSED OF INTO THE WASTE STREAM AND;THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT, BY PROVIDING WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: EAST SURREY

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £51,593 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £462,490. The trustees consider these reserves to be satisfactory and note that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. The primary source of income remains warehouse sales, supported by donations and grants.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ED BAKERchair
• Brian Philip Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• FREDA CLARK BA
• Gareth Owen
• JONATHAN ST AUBIN ESSEX

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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