GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT

Registered charity 1118353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We collect donations of unwanted furniture from the public and help people on low incomes with affordable furniture. We supply people who have been homeless and are setting up a new home with a free furniture pack. We divert good usable furniture away from landfill.

Objects

TO RELIEVE GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA KNOWN AS HIGH PEAK IE THE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREA IN WHICH THE TOWN OF GLOSSOP IS SITUATED, TOGETHER WITH HADFIELD, PADFIELD, CHARLESWORTH, TINTWISTLE. ALSO THE AREAS SURROUNDING NEW MILLS AND BUXTON, ALL WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF HIGH PEAK IN THE COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE, BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES.

Area of benefit: GLOSSOPDALE

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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Registered contact address: High Peak, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £16,982 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus, largely attributed to restructuring costs. Total funds decreased to £203,635, with unrestricted reserves falling to £162,811, while the trustees maintain a policy target of £50,000 for daily running resilience. The trustees confirm the going concern basis is appropriate, noting no material concerns about continuing operations despite lease uncertainty.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Glossopdale Furniture Project (matched by registered charity number).

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 £160k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stella Quinnchair
• Ian Roberts
• Janice Crompton
• Julia Brunt
• Karen Rita Rigg · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Ryder-Griffiths

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVON AND CORNWALL FURNITURE REUSE PROJECT LIMITED.

• DEVON AND CORNWALL FURNITURE REUSE PROJECT LIMITED income £205k
• TURNTABLE FURNITURE income £152k
• IPSWICH FURNITURE PROJECT income £622k
• FURNITURE RECYCLING PROJECT income £532k
• FURNITURELINK income £236k
• GIVE A DOG A BONE income £240k

Side by side with its peers

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