FURNITURELINK

Registered charity 1137021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

+ We recycle donated furniture & goods to reduce landfill and help furnish homes at low cost for those in need in the county of Surrey and surrounding areas. + We provide work experience opportunities for volunteers.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE:A. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY:A. BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS; ORB. THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES.B. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING TRAINING, ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF WORK EXPERIENCE (EITHER PAID OR UNPAID).C. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A. THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS; ORB. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE RECYCLING.

Area of benefit: SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £8,126 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's deficit of £10,182. Total funds carried forward were £32,495, with £24,000 held in liquid assets, while the trustees consider that there are sufficient reserves to meet future risks.

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 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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting 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 31/03/2024 (received 05/03/2025, 33 days after the 31/01/2025 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07252909 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• WALLACE, Graeme Archibald — director, appointed 03/05/2017on trustee list
• CROOKS, Robert Martin — director, appointed 01/05/2011on trustee list
• GUNNING, Angela Jane, Dr — director, appointed 01/05/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT MARTIN CROOKSchair
• Dr ANGELA GUNNING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graeme Archibald Wallace
• Michael John Adams

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Kingston Upon Thames · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Sutton · West Berkshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• RERUN FURNITURE SERVICE LTD income £97k
• FURNISTORE IN EAST SURREY LIMITED income £199k
• REVIVE & RECYCLE income £36k
• FURNISHING FUTURES CIO income £882k
• HOME FURNITURE SERVICES TRUST income £207k
• TURNTABLE FURNITURE income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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