DONCASTER REFURNISH

Registered charity 1118160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Refurnish is an entrepreneurial social enterprise that delivers social, environmental and economic targets. The organisation was formed in response to two factors; lack of affordable furniture for disadvantaged people who were often exploited by unethical lenders and the vast amounts of reusable furniture being buried in landfill. We use or work as a training aid for disadvantaged people.

Objects

3. OBJECTS 3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY 3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT 3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE3.1.4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP3.1.4.1 IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN PROJECTS, OR 3.1.4.2 TO EXISTING PROJECTS 3.1.4.3 TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE ITS PARTNERS IN THEIR PROVISION OF SOCIAL EMPLOYMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE. FURTHER TO AID AND ENHANCE WITH SUPPORT AND TRAINING THOSE PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES WHERE APPROPRIATE3.1.4.4 TO PROMOTE, PROTECT AND SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS ENGAGED IN FURNITURE RE-USE, ALLIED INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES3.1.4.5 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ROLE OF FURNITURE RE-USE AND OTHER RECYCLING ACTIVITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS ITS ROLE IN THE COMBATING OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION 3.1.5. THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS3.1.6 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING3.1.7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES3.1.8 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE3.1.9 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES3.1.10 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT3.1.11 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE3.1.12 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME3.1.13 SUCH APPROVED OBJECTS (AS DEFINED BY REGULATION 33 OF THE LANDFILL TAX REGULATIONS 1996 OR ANY AMENDMENT THERETO) AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND ARE IN FURTHERANCE OF ANY OF THE PRECEDING OBJECTS 3.1.14 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES ("THE OBJECTS").

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £52,699 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £725,894 to £673,195. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £664,293 are held against a policy target of meeting six months of core service contract costs, which they estimate will leave between £100,000 and £200,000 in reserve. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingswood Allotts Limited. 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (95% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MIDDLEMASS
• Glyn Allen Jones
• Greame Oxby
• James McLaughlin
• Joanne Ward

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

Operates in: Doncaster · Rotherham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TURNTABLE FURNITURE.

• TURNTABLE FURNITURE income £152k
• REFURNISH DEVON income £1.2m
• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD income £687k
• KENNET FURNITURE REFURBIZ income £1.2m
• GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT income £240k
• Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited income £371k

Side by side with its peers

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