THE RE-USE PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1122496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THURROCK RE-USE PROJECT

TRUP collects and redistributes a wide range of homemaking articles at a low cost in Thurrock and and surrounding area, provides training and volunteering opportunities for a wide range of people, including back to work training, individually tailored supported volunteering for clients with learning difficulties and general volunteering for people who want to be involved with a worthwhile cause.

Objects

1 THE PROMOTION OF RE-USE, RECLAMATION AND THE USE OF SURPLUS ITEMS BY PROVIDING THE MEANS TO FACILITATE THE RE-USE OF UNWANTED ARTICLES THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE GONE TO LANDFILL2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RENOVATION AND PROVISION OF REASONABLY PRICED DONATED PRE-OWNED OR SURPLUS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE THURROCK/ESSEX

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £3,959.24 for the year ended March 2025, with total income of £300,604.36 against total expenditures of £295,445.43. Free reserves stood at £138,817, which the trustees note are above their stated policy target of £26,000 to £52,000. The charity is not subject to audit and underwent an independent examination with no matters requiring attention.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06414089

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Essential Living Fund — “TRUP supports Thurrock Council by supplying goods awarded via The Essential Living Fund” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHARP, Anthony — director, appointed 14/12/2018on trustee list
• BENSON, Frances Emily — director, appointed 24/08/2014on trustee list
• BENSON, Salvatore Tony — director, appointed 16/07/2009on trustee list
• ARNOLD, John Edward — director, appointed 31/10/2007on trustee list
• PETERSON, Trevor Robert — director, appointed 31/10/2007on trustee list
• BENSON, Salvatore Tony — secretary, appointed 19/10/2012

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR TONY BENSONchair
• Anthony Sharp
• Frances Benson
• JOHN EDWARD ARNOLD
• TREVOR ROBERT PETERSON

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

Operates in: Essex · Havering · Thurrock

Income and spending

Common questions

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 TCL RE USE.

• TCL RE USE income £603k
• spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme income £139k
• TRINITY HOMELESS PROJECTS income £5.9m
• THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £182k
• FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED income £21.7m
• EMERGE 3Rs income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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