THE FURNITURE PROJECT

Registered charity 1119360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the effects of poverty for disadvantaged people by a provision of furniture and other essential household items required to reduce the need, hardship or distress of these people.

Objects

RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN NEWARK AND SHERWOOD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured £166,000 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to support two drivers for three years, which the Chairperson describes as vital for the project's future. However, the report highlights significant financial pressure due to rising costs, particularly in wages and vehicle replacement, noting that the project has replaced three vans over the past year with a major financial impact.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE FURNITURE PROJECT NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Mansfield District Council — “The project currently gratefully receives funding from: Mansfield District Council; Newark and Sherwood District Council; National Lottery C…” (source page)
• Newark and Sherwood District Council — “The project currently gratefully receives funding from: Mansfield District Council; Newark and Sherwood District Council; National Lottery C…” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “The project currently gratefully receives funding from: Mansfield District Council; Newark and Sherwood District Council; National Lottery C…” (source page)
• The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland Community Rehabilitation Company — “The project currently gratefully receives funding from: Mansfield District Council; Newark and Sherwood District Council; National Lottery C…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Hazzledine
• Charles Daysh
• Derek Batey
• JOHN HENRY BRADFORD

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT.

• GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT income £240k
• FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED income £21.7m
• TURNTABLE FURNITURE income £152k
• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD income £687k
• SOFA income £241k
• THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE income £163k

Side by side with its peers

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